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Sample Menus

A taste of the language

Un assaggio del linguaggio

We never serve the same evening twice, so there is no fixed menu to print. But here are glimpses of past courses - to show you the language we cook in, drawn entirely from the Ibleo countryside and its seasons.

Non serviamo mai due volte la stessa sera, quindi non c'è un menù fisso da stampare. Ma ecco alcuni scorci di portate passate - per mostrarti il linguaggio in cui cuciniamo, tratto interamente dalla campagna iblea e dalle sue stagioni.

A single spoonful of tartare with toasted crumb, resting on the gold-embossed Five Seasons menu cover
One spoon, one moment - on a menu that is never printed twice.
From a past Requiem

Twelve movements, one evening

Dodici movimenti, una sera

I
Almond, snow, silenceAn opening that tastes of the moment before everything begins.
IV
Carob, smoke, the dark monthsThe Iblei in winter, reduced to its deepest note.
VII
Tuna, blood orange, memoryA course about something that happened a long time ago.
XI
Ricotta, wild honey, first lightThe turn toward morning. Toward the fifth season.
XII
The Survival BoxThe sealed box that has waited on the table all evening, opened at last. What it holds is yours alone.
Slices of cured fish with rose petals, fennel fronds and olive oil in a pale stoneware bowl
Cured fish, rose, cold-pressed oil
A single crisp shell filled with raw fish, cream, shaved black truffle and a yellow garden flower
One bite: truffle, citrus, first flower
A small cannolo dusted with almond and sugar, scattered with red petals in a stone bowl
Cannolo, almond, wild petals

The other seven movements stay unwritten here - on purpose.

Gli altri sette movimenti restano qui non scritti - di proposito.

The Prelude

Five to seven movements, one evening

Da cinque a sette movimenti, una sera

The Prelude runs five to seven courses, drawn from the same repertoire as The Requiem and changing with the season. A shorter introduction to the same language - conversational, unhurried, intimate.

The Prelude si compone di cinque-sette portate, tratte dallo stesso repertorio del Requiem e mutevoli con la stagione. Un'introduzione più breve allo stesso linguaggio - conviviale, senza fretta, intima.

We keep its menu unwritten here. The language is best met at the table.

Il suo menù resta qui non scritto. Questo linguaggio si incontra meglio a tavola.

In the kitchen

Composed on the night, by hand

Composto la sera stessa, a mano

A gloved hand piping cream into a small choux bun in the Five Seasons kitchen
Filled by hand, minutes before service
A cook placing green olives one by one into a small stoneware dish with tweezers
Ibleo olives, placed one by one
Thin cucumber slices dressed with new olive oil among pale river stones
Cucumber, river stones, new oil
What we can accommodate

Allergies, intolerances, and the gluten-free table

Allergie, intolleranze e la tavola senza glutine

Because every evening is composed for the night it is served, we can build around most dietary needs - including a full gluten-free experience - when you tell us in advance. Let us know when you book, and the menu bends to meet you.

Poiché ogni sera è composta per la notte in cui viene servita, possiamo costruire attorno alla maggior parte delle esigenze alimentari - inclusa un'esperienza interamente senza glutine - se ce lo dici in anticipo. Faccelo sapere alla prenotazione e il menù si adatta a te.

Reserve

The rest is written the night you arrive

Il resto si scrive la sera in cui arrivi

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