CHRISTMAS MENU
Primi
*Insalata di Calamari
Lemon peppered calamari served cold, rocket & radicchio leaves, freeze dried mango pieces, red wine olive oil
vinegarette
*Picollo Ernesto Gavi, Piemonte, Italy DOCG
*Lombata di Agnello
Pistachio & herb crusted Gippsland lamb loin, medium grilled, Amaretti spiced butternut pumpkin puree,
creamed baby leeks
*Rallo ‘Il Principe’ Nero D’Avola, Sicilia, Italy IGP
*Frittata con Funghi di Bosco
Wild porcini & Swiss brown mushroom omelette, local asparagus spears, sweet tomato & olive jam, vincotto
*Giovanni Dri ‘Il Roncat’ Sauvignon Blanc, Colli Orientali del Friuli, F-V-G, Italy DOC
Principale
*Involtini Tacchino
Turkey breast filled with a pork sausage, ricotta cheese & hazelnut farce, wrapped in pancetta, creamy smoked
cheese potato puree, fig & marsala cream sauce
*Casale Vecchio Pecorino, Abruzzo, Italy IGT
*Pancia di Maiale
Twice roasted cinnamon dusted pork belly, Cavalo Nero, spiced pear puree, balsamic pork jus
*Farnese Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, Italy DOC
*Filetto di Pesce
King George Whiting fillets, saffron tomato & caper fregola timbale, shellfish & Tasmanian mussel fricassee
*Vagnoni Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Toscana, Italy DOCG
Tortiglioni di Carciofi e Fagoli
Homemade pasta filled with a farce of ricotta cheese, artichoke, cannellini bean & preserved lemon, resting on
tomato basil passata, parmesan crisp
*Castello di Ama, Rosato Rose, Toscana, Italy IGT
Dolce
*Cestino di Cioccolato
Callebaut chocolate & caramel mousse laced with popping candy, marbled chocolate basket, mango puree,
gingerbread cookie
*Marsala Fine Abra Semisecco, Sicilia, Italy
*Panna Cotta
Buffalo milk yoghurt & toasted coconut chilled cream, scorched pineapple, lime basil jelly, vanilla infused fairy
floss
*Rallo Normano Zibibbo Liquoroso, Sicilia, Italy
*Gluten free available upon request
$110 per head three course including coffee or tea
$140 per head with matching Italian wine