PASTA MENU

Question 1

describe the chicken pesto

Answer 1

• fresh gigli pasta
• creamy parmesan + basil pesto
• grilled chicken
• grana padano
• capers
• pine nuts

Question 2

describe the bolognese

Answer 2

house speciality
tagliatelle pasta, long and flat tossed with savory pork, beef ragu, fresh grana padano cheese, and creamy burro fuso
- rich and complex, signature dish

garnish: fennel pollen, dried oregano, olive oil

Question 3

what goes into the bolognese sauce?

Answer 3

• ground beef
• italian sausage
• salumi
• celery
• onions
• carrots
• garlic
• white wine
• tomato
• milk
• nut meg

Question 4

Describe the strozzapretti

Answer 4

twisted pasta with spinach, shiitake and cremini mushrooms and grilled chicken tossed in a rich and creamy parmesan cream sauce topped with pine nuts and a drizzle of truffle oil

garnish: toasted pine nuts, white truffle oil, grana padano cheese

Question 5

What is gigli pasta?

Answer 5

• pasta shape that means “lily” and looks like a small flower

Question 6

What goes into the basil pesto?

Answer 6

• basil, spinach, garlic, lemon zest, pine nuts, grana padano cheese, olive oil

Question 7

What goes into the creamy parmesan sauce?

Answer 7

• cream
• parmesan
• butter
• white wine
• onion
• garlic
• basil
• thyme

Question 8

describe the short rib cavatelli

Answer 8

• cavatelli pasta tossed in a rich parmesan cream sauce with our horseradish gremolata, fresh lemon and fork tender braised short rib
• finished with freshly shaved horseradish, herbed breadcrumbs, and a few leaves of arugula

garnish: fresh horseradish, breadcrumbs, herb mix

Question 9

describe cavatelli pasta

Answer 9

• small pasta shells from eggless semolina dough

Question 10

describe the burrata anolini

Answer 10

• fresh, hand-rolled pasta stuffed with burrata-like blend of house-made ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan cheese
• pasta is tossed in burro fuso, blistered in heirloom tomatoes on top of a simple tomato sauce finished with fresh torn basil and freshly grated grana padano cheese
  garnish: burro fuso, grana padano cheese

Question 11

What is the burrata anolini filling?

Answer 11

• mozzarella
• ricotta
• grana padano

Question 12

Describe the spicy rigatoni vodka

Answer 12

• rigatoni tossed in vodka sauce with burro fuso, crumbled Italian sausage and pancetta
• finished with basil, grana padano and extra virgin olive oil

garnish: EVOO, grana padano cheese

Question 13

What goes into the vodka sauce?

Answer 13

• Smirnoff vodka
• marinara
• parmesan cheese
• Calabrian puree

Question 14

Describe the squid ink mafaldine

Answer 14

• long, wavy squid ink mafaldine pasta tossed with garlic, shaved fennel, shrimp and calamari in acqua pazza sauce
  garnish: mint, basil, fennel and lemon olive oil

Question 15

What goes into the acqua pazza sauce?

Answer 15

• tomato
• garlic
• chili flake
• white wine
• basil
• Calabrian chili

Question 16

What sauce goes on the strozzapreti?

Answer 16

parmesan cream

Question 17

What sauce goes on the anolini?

Answer 17

burro fuso

Question 18

What sauce goes on the gigli?

Answer 18

basil pesto

Question 19

What sauce goes on the bucatini?

Answer 19

burro fuso

Question 20

What sauce goes on the tagliatelle?

Answer 20

bolognese

Question 21

What sauce goes on the mafaldine?

Answer 21

acqua pazza

Question 22

What sauce goes on the cavatelli?

Answer 22

parmesan cream

Question 23

What sauce goes on the rigatoni?

Answer 23

vodka sauce

Question 24

What is the pasta shape in the spicy rigatoni vodka?

Answer 24

penne

Question 25

What is the sauce in the spicy rigatoni vodka made out of?

Answer 25

• vodka
• Calabrian chili
• parmesan cream
• marinara

Question 26

What cheese is used to garnish the spicy rigatoni vodka?

Answer 26

• grana padano

Question 27

What green is in the spicy rigatoni vodka?

Answer 27

• basil

Question 28

Is wine used in the preparation of the bolognese sauce?

Answer 28

• yes, white wine

Question 29

What meats are in the bolognese sauce?

Answer 29

• ground beef

- italian sausage

Question 30

What cheeses are in the anolini pasta?

Answer 30

• ricotta
• mozzarella
• grana padano

Question 31

What pasta dish contains shaved fennel?

Answer 31

spaghetti and meatballs

Question 32

What pasta dish contains carrots, onion and celery?

Answer 32

bolognese

Question 33

What pasta dish contains grape heirloom tomato?

Answer 33

anolini

Question 34

What pasta dish contains spinach and mushrooms?

Answer 34

strozzapreti

Question 35

What pasta dish contains horseradish and arugula?

Answer 35

short rib cavatelli

Question 36

What pasta dish contains pine nuts, crispy capers, and lemon juice?

Answer 36

chicken pesto

Question 37

What pasta dish contains Calabrian chili and mint?

Answer 37

squid ink mafaldine

Question 38

Where does the word “mafaldine” come from?

Answer 38

• named after Italian princess

Question 39

Which phrase best describes the sauce in the mafaldine?

Answer 39

“Spicy white wine-based red sauce that pairs perfectly with the long wavy pasta + seafood”

Question 40

What ingredients go on “The Burger?”

Answer 40

• fontina
• shaved romaine
• Calabrian aioli
• crispy bacon
• pickled red onion

Question 41

What is the difference between the short rib entree and the short rib cavatelli?

Answer 41

• cavatelli is a pasta dish

- the short rib entree is braised short rib with seasonal vegetables