Menu Antica Toscana at the Villa
Welcome aperitif: tarts, vol-au-vents, carpaccio, fried tidbits, Tuscan bread salad and assorted canapés
Buffet of appetizers:
- Assortment of fried seasonal vegetables (vegetarian)
- Assortment of charcuterie: Cinta Senese ham, Tuscan salami and local cold cuts
- Sheep cheese (Pienza pecorino) served with jams and honey (vegetarian)
- Spicy croutes (vegetarian), tuna mousse (fish-vegetarian), mushroom croutes (vegetarian) and croutes with Tuscan-style chicken livers.
- Local flatbread with Norcia prosciutto
- Local flatbread with rocket and stracchino cheese (vegetarian)
First courses: choice of two
- Trenette with pesto (vegetarian)
- Gnocchetti with farmer-style duck sauce
- Smoked penne
- Trofie with cherry tomatoes and salted ricotta (vegetarian)
- Homemade Sardinian gnocchetti with spicy tomato sauce (vegetarian)
- Bocconotti with farmer-style duck sauce
- Pasta bonbons with truffle filling and cream
- Tagliatelle with boar sauce
- Pasta hearts with four cheeses (vegetarian)
- Sticks of potatoes (a type of potato dumplings) with farmer-style sauce
- Thick tortellini with mushrooms and truffle
- Half-moon shaped pasta filled up with nuts sauce
- Stars’ shaped pasta filled up with “cherry” tomatoes and rocket
- Pancakes with tomatoes sauce, cream and béchamel
- Risotto with Prosecco (Italian sparkling wine) and saffron
Main courses: choice of two
- Filet of veal with porcini mushrooms
- Veal rump with green peppercorns
- Freshly sliced roast leg of pork
- Mixed grill (chicken, pork, duck, guinea hen)
- Roast duck with a stuffing of veal, duck, eggs and cheese
- Soy steak with porcini mushrooms (vegetarian)
- Soy steak with green peppercorns (vegetarian)
- Carpaccio of warm vegetables with cavern-aged cheese (vegetarian)
- Sirloin steak with Montalcino red wine
- Beef cuts with Rosemary
- Fillet of pork with aromatic herbs
- Flank of pork with wild fennel
- Mille-feuille of eggplant (aubergine) buffalo mozzarella and tomato
- Flan of vegetables with cheese sauce
Side dishes: choice of two
- Vegetables au gratin
- Vegetables sautéed in butter
- Small flan of artichokes or seasonal vegetables
- Salad
- Roast Potatoes
Desserts
- The traditional Italian wedding cake is "Mille foglie" which is a cake made from layers of light filo pastry, and it has a layer of chocolate cream and a layer of vanilla cream and seasonal fruit.
Fresh fruit kebab
Coffee or tea