Food Menu - Mezze Flashcards

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Mezze

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Selection of small dishes or dips served with Puccia bread and crudités. Each dip can be ordered individually and will be served with Puccia bread or as a platter served with Puccia bread and crudités.

PUCCIA BREAD: traditional bread baked on an open fire from Puglia, Italy - ours is made using our pizza dough in our pizza oven

CRUDITÉ: Selection of raw vegetables

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Whipped Eggplant

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(Vegetarian)

Eggplant is cooked in garlic and olive oil. When the eggplant is soft it is pureed until smooth then allowed to cool. When the eggplant puree is cool, crème fraiche is whipped to a stiff peak then folded into the eggplant.

Garnished with extra virgin olive oil.

Substitutions: No puccia
Dairy can NOT be removed
Garlic can NOT be removed

Drop Line: Whipped Eggplant

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White Bean

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Salsa Rosa
(Vegan)

Cannellini beans are cooked with chili flakes, garlic, bay leaf and thyme. They are then pureed with extra virgin olive oil. This is served with a “salsa rosa” (red sauce) made from Calabrian chili, garlic, parsley, red wine vinegar, olive oil

Substitutions: Can be not spicy with no Salsa Rosa

Drop Line: White Bean

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Whipped Ricotta

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Clover Honey
(Vegetarian)

Ricotta is placed into a food processor and pureed until smooth. This is seasoned with lemon zest and salt. The ricotta is served with clover honey

Substitutions: No Honey is OK. Nothing else can be changed.

Drop Line: Whipped Ricotta

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Burrata and Caviar

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Burrata is seasoned with a touch of maldon and placed in a bowl. 1oz of golden osetra is spooned on top of the burrata and garnished with chives. A generous amount of evoo is used to finish and is served with a puccia on the side.

Drop Line: Burrata and Caviar

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