Menu Lorenzo de Medici at the Villa
Aperitifs: TTarts, vol-au-vents, carpaccio, fried tidbits, Tuscan bread salad and assorted canapés
Appetizers: (Choice of three)
- Salmon scallop marinated with bean sprouts in balsamic vinegar, served with toasted pine nuts (fish-vegetarian)
- Tuna chunks with toasted sesame seeds, stuffed with Lardo di Colonnata and served with lemon sauce
- Vegetable flan with Taleggio fondue and zucchini blossoms (vegetarian)
- Smoked roll-ups with carpaccio of mushrooms, Pantelleria capers and shaved salted ricotta (fish-vegetarian)
- Cream of Castelluccio di Norcia lentils with legume and crisp shaved Grana cheese (vegetarian)
- Prawn cocktail in a lime sauce, served with a medley of green apples and celery (fish-vegetarian)
- Rabbit salad with wild fennel, served with lamb’s lettuce and marinated baby vegetables
- Breast of duck in a crust of aromatic herbs, served with pioppini mushrooms
- Fig bundles with prosciutto and a melon purée (possible only for September-October-November)
First Courses: (choice of two)
- Fish raviolini with prawns, pumpkin and broccoli florets (fish-vegetarian)
- Green tagliolini with red mullet, caramote prawns and saffron (fish-vegetarian)
- Cavatelli with langoustines in a seafood sauce (fish-vegetarian)
- Troccoli with clove-scented venison sauce
- Risotto with Taleggio cheese and sage (vegetarian)
- Trofie with Genoese-style pesto (vegetarian)
- Orecchiette pasta with porcini mushrooms, zucchini blossoms and saffron (vegetarian)
Main courses: (choice of two)
- Crisp prawns with cornmeal, served with fried porcini mushrooms (fish-vegetarian)
- Tuna tagliata with pesto of different peppers, served with an orange salad (fish-vegetarian)
- Fillet of gilthead bream with courgette pearls sautéed in butter and cherry tomatoes au gratin (fish-vegetarian)
- Vegetable tempura with goat cheese (vegetarian)
- Warm mushroom salad with spinach flan with Taleggio cheese (vegetarian)
- Rack of lamb with salmoriglio sauce, served with braised radicchio and Belgian endive
- Filet of beef in a bread crust, with green peppercorns and applesauce
- Scalloped mutton à la Robespierre, with fried vegetable curls
Desserts
Selection of desserts including:
- Dessert of Berry and yogurt
- Chocolate mousse
- Coffee bavarian
- Lemon meringue
- Creamy mascarpone dessert
- 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.
Coffee

