Menu Leonardo at the Villa
Aperitif and appetizers
Aperitifs
- Prosecco di valdobbiadene
- Carafes of pineapple, grapefruit and orange juice
- Mineral water
Hot hors d’oeuvre
- Quiches with baby vegetables
- Toasted bread with porcini mushrooms
- Rustic toast slices
- Quail eggs with truffles
- Brioches with bacon
- Old-fashioned toast slices with chicken livers
- Old-fashioned toast slices with mushrooms
Freshly fried tidbits, prepared on the spot
- Zucchini (courgettes)
- Zucchini (courgette) blossoms
- Baby carrots
- Rice balls
- Spelt croquettes
- Radicchio
- Sage leaves
- Truffle puffs
- Italian-style fried specialties
- Rice bonbons with hazelnuts
Country corner with wood-burning oven
- White focaccia with freshly sliced prosciutto
- Tuscan cheeses
- Mixed charcuterie
- Salami
- Capicolla
- Finocchiona
Served at the table:
Choice of two pasta dishes
- Pasta hearts with sheep’s milk cheese
- Baby potato gnocchi with gorgonzola
- Three-color pasta with fossa cheese
- Ravioli with treviso radicchio
- Spelt pasta with faux pesto
- Smoked penne
- Bucatini with tuscan sauce
- Ravioli with zucchini (courgettes)
- "Sombreros" with zucchini (courgettes) and almonds
- Stringoli with mushrooms
- Pici with garlicky sauce and toasted bread
- Trenette with vegetables
- Buckwheat straccetti
- Straccetti with meat sauce
- Risotto with porcini mushrooms
- "Sea and mountain" risotto
- Pumpkin hearts with shrimp
- Garganelli with zucchini (courgettes) and shrimp
An entrée with a side dish
- Filet with balsamic vinegar
- Filet with aromatic herbs
- Roast saddle of veal
- Chianina beef filet with brunello wine and vegetables
- Roast leg of veal with grilled vegetables
- Port filet with nettles, served with vegetables
- Or filet cooked in nobile di montepulciano wine
Sautéed vegetables
- Vegetables gratin – tomatoes, eggplant (aubergine), porcini mushrooms, peppers
- Vegetable flan (individual portions) made with
- Carrots and zucchini (courgettes)
- Peas or spinach
Desserts
- Basket with ice cream and wild berries
- Vanilla crème caramel
- Panna cotta with wild berries
- Lemon cake
- Hot berry tarts
Wedding cake