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Come nasce un menu? Come ai vecchi tempi e come in una casa: nasce al mercato, dove Giuliano lo chef va a fare la spesa ogni mattina, la spesa principale dell’area mediterranea, vale a dire quella della verdura, della frutta e degli “odori”. Dunque il menu nasce dal colore e dal profumo, dalle forme e da ciò che la ricchezza continentale per anni ha relegato al rango dell’inessenziale. Il menu dell’Asinocotto ha a che vedere con la cucina povera del mare e della campagna.
Verdura e frutta, cioè freschezza, alla quale l’indole del cuoco tende a mescolare la dolcezza e a volte una punta di agro. E la leggerezza (dalla tavola dell’Asinocotto non ci si alza imbesuiti o gonfi). Le carni e il pesce vanno a sistemarsi fra i prodotti del mercato come a casa loro, salumi e formaggi hanno da essere perfetti o niente. I frutti di mare sono già a loro agio in questa filosofia del cibo, dato il loro habitat originario tra sale e alghe.

Quanto ai dolci…beh, sono i Dolci della Festa, dolci dell’infanzia. Memorabili o niente!
Origine quotidiana del menu, origine stagionale dunque: l’origine, incrociandosi con il rigore professionale, determina variazioni sulla carta niente affatto arbitrarie, si cambia a partire dalle materie prime, dal ciclo del loro prodursi, dalla naturale durata delle cose che sbocciano e fioriscono: una giornata e poi via, ed è per questo che la cucina in funzione e l’intero ristorante risentono soltanto di un delicatissimo profumo, come nelle migliori case. La fantasia della cucina non è né arbitraria né capricciosa, radica in un tempo naturale e ciclico. Il menu è la scrittura di questa filosofia.

(Lidia Campagnano)
"... For upon the permanent foundation of eggs, cutlets, potatoes, preserves, and biscuits, whose appearance on the table she no longer announced to us, Franoise would addas the labour of fields and orchards, the harvest of the tides, the luck of the markets, the kindness of neighbours, and her own genius might provide; and so effectively that our bill of fare, like the quatrefoils that were carved on the porches of cathedrals in the thirteenth century, reflected to some extent the march of the seasons and the incidents of human lifea brill, because the fish-woman had guaranteed its freshness; a turkey, because she had seen a beauty in the market at Roussainville-le-Pin; cardoons with marrow, because she had never done them for us in that way before; a roast leg of mutton, because the fresh air made one hungry and there would be plenty of time for it to settle down in the seven hours before dinner; spinach, by way of a change; apricots, because they were still hard to get; gooseberries, because in another fortnight there would be none left; raspberries, which M. Swann had brought specially; cherries, the first to come from the cherry-tree, which had yielded none for the last two years; a cream cheese, of which in those days I was extremely fond; an almond cake, because she had ordered one the evening before; a fancy loaf, because it was our turn to offer the holy bread." [continue »]
(Marcel Proust - "Swann's way")

Starters:

Culatello di Zibello DOP
The very sweet and delicate Zibello ham, served with a fresh salad honey dressed
Terrina di cinghiale alle mandorle
Wild boar terrine with almonds, served with Inzolia wine and vanilla jelly
Tartare di barbiabietola
Beet tartare with marinated celeriac
Gamberi al bacon su crema di piselli
Praws baked with bacon and shallots, served on a green peas cream with pecorino cheese
Fiori di zucca ripieni di ricotta verde
Zucchini flowers filled with green ricotta chese
Guazzetto di moscardini
Soup of baby octopus with tomato and scented croutons
Caprese di nodini di mozzarella burrata di Andria
Caprese salad with tomatoes and "Burrata di Andria"

Pasta courses:

Pappardelle nere con seppie e pomodori secchi
Pappardelle, black of cuttle ink, served with cuttlefish and dried tomatoes
Ravioli di baccalà alla maggiorana
Ravioli filled with salted cod and marjoram
Maltagliati alle olive con ragù bianco d’anatra
Olive scented maltagliati served whith white duck ragout
Pipe con guanciale croccante e cipolle rosse di Tropea
Pipe with red Tropea onions, honey, red wine and crispy bacon
Passatina di ceci Otello
Soup of black Otello chickpeas with hazelnuts
Tagliolini al tonnetto fresco
Tagliolini servedwith fresh tuna and cherry tomatoes

Main courses:

Filetto di manzo irlandese con taleggio, agretti e fave
Angus beef filet, gratiné with taleggio cheese and served with black cabbage
Carrè d’agnello alla birra scura e fagioli corallo
Rack of lamb, marinated in stout beer, celery and ginger
Lingua di vitello al Marsala vergine
Veal tongue braised in Marsala wine, with black rice
FIletto di branzino con speck e spinaci
Sea bass filet cooked with speck and served with fresh spinach
Selezione di formaggi arigianali italiani
Platter of italian cheese
Millefoglie di salmone e patate
Salmon e potatoes "millefeuille" with leek cream
Rombo chiodato a vapore
Turbot steamed with erbes and served with asparagustips
Quaglie al te verde ed uvetta sultanina
Breasts and legs of quail, cooked ingreen tea and sultanas

Side dishes:

Rucola e pomodoretti di Pachino
Rocket salad with cherry Sicilian tomatoes
Patate gratinate alla salvia e parmigiano
Potatoes au gratin with parmesan cheese and sage

Desserts:

" And when all these had been eaten, a work composed expressly for ourselves, but dedicated more particularly to my father, who had a fondness for such things, a cream of chocolate, inspired in the mind, created by the hand of Franoise, would be laid before us, light and fleeting as an occasional piece of music, into which she had poured the whole of her talent. Anyone who refused to partake of it, saying: No, thank you, I have finished; I am not hungry, would at once have been lowered to the level of the Philistines who, when an artist makes them a present of one of his works, examine its weight and material, whereas what is of value is the creators intention and his signature. To have left even the tiniest morsel in the dish would have shewn as much discourtesy as to rise and leave a concert hall while the piece was still being played, and under the composers-very eyes."
"...and since my parents had told me that, for my first visit to the theatre, I should have to choose between these two pieces, I would study exhaustively and in turn the title of one and the title of the other (for those were all that I knew of either), attempting to snatch from each a foretaste of the pleasure which it offered me, and to compare this pleasure with that latent in the other title, until in the end I had shewn myself such vivid, such compelling pictures of, on the one hand, a play of dazzling arrogance, and on the other a gentle, velvety play, that I was as little capable of deciding which play I should prefer to see as if, at the dinner-table, they had obliged me to choose between rice lImpratrice and the famous cream of chocolate."
(Marcel Proust - "Swann's way")
Duo di pere : caramellate su torta e al Morellino
Duo of pears : caramelised an a cake and poached in Morellino wine
Gelato alla vaniglia con mirtilli sciroppati
Vanilla ice-cream with blueberries in strawberry syrup
Marquise al Drambuie con spuma al cacao
Drambuie scented Marquise, with cocoa foam
Mousse di cioccolato fondente con sedano sciroppato
Bitter chocolate mousse with celery in syrup
Mousse di cocco con composta di frutta secca allo zenzero
Coconut mousse with gingered dried fruits
Sorbetti di frutta
Assorted fresh fruit sorbets
Torta di mele alla cannella con crema al calvados
Apple cinnamon pie with calvados cream

It is also availaibile a large selection of spirits and teas.



Various:

Caffè espresso, Cappuccino, Te’
Espresso, Cappuccino, Tea
Acqua filette
Water filette