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Casa Girelli Favorite Food & Wine Marriages

i Mesi Müller-Thurgau Trentino DOC (approx. retail price $.999)

Minestra di zucca (cream of pumpkin soup)

Fesa di manzo salada con mele e parmigiano (salad of smoked beef with apples and parmesan cheese)

i Mesi Chardonnay Trentino DOC (barrel-fermented) (approx. $9.99)

Risotto con tartufi (risotto with Italian white truffles)

Gnocchi con tartufi (potato gnocchi with white truffles)

tortelloni di magro (ricotta cheese and spinach pasta with a creamy sauce)

i Mesi Pinot Grigio Trentino DOC (approx. retail price $9.99)

Ravioli Trentini (chicken or beef based ravioli - cooked in the broth - served with a tomato sauce and parmesan cheese)

Polentina con fonduta e burro di tartufo (polenta with melted truffle butter)

i Mesi MOSCATO ROSA Trentino DOC, (375 cl bottle, approximate retail price $29)

Pannacotta con lampone (Italian cooked cream with fresh raspberries);

Torta di fregoloti (dry almond cake); Zelten Trentino (dry fruit cake), or

Raspberry tart, or raspberry sponge cake

i Mesi Trentino GRAPPA di Moscato;

i Mesi Trentino GRAPPA di Müller-Thurgau, and

i Mesi Trentino GRAPPA di Teroldego, (50 cl bottle, approximate retail price $29)

with Italian biscotti and coffee, or alone after dinner

Canaletto Chardonnay delle Venezie (approx. $6.99)

Polenta con Gorgonzola (baked polenta slices with spicy gorgonzola cheese)

Risotto alle milanese (risotto with saffron and spicy sausage)

Raddichio alla griglia (grilled raddichio with olive oil)

Canaletto Pinot Grigio delle Venezie (approx. $6.99)

Fagioli in tegame (beans cooked in white wine; served with roast chicken)

Mozzarella in carrozza (fried mozarella cheese on toast)

Crespelle alle verdure (crepe stuffed with mixed vegetables in a creamy sauce)

Canaletto Merlot del Veneto (approx. $6.99)

Pollo ripieno (chicken, stuffed with veal liver, pine nuts and chopped walnuts, traditional of Trentino)

"Lucanica" e crauti (Trentino beef and pork sausage served with sauerkraut)

Gulasch (Trentino beef goulash -like the Hungarian!)

Canaletto Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC (approx. $6.99)

Lepre in salmi (Jugged Hare, cooked in a red wine with herbs, juniper berries, pine nuts and raisins)

Spaghetti bolognese

Lasagne al forno (lasagne)

Canaletto Veduta Bombino di Puglia IGT (approx. $4.99)

Antipasto (salami and vegetables marinated in oil)

Risotto al radicchio (rice risotto with radicchio)

Canaletto Veduta Rosso del Salento (approx. $4.99)

Pizza

Villalta Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Single vineyard "I Comunali" DOC (approximate retail price $26.95)

Anatra cotta nel vino con fichi (duck cooked in wine and figs, preferably the same wine)

Fontella Chianti DOCG (approx.$9.99)

Crostini Toscani (typical Tuscan appetizers: grilled toasts topped with local liver pâté or with garlic and tomato)

Fettucine, salsa porcini (fettucine in a porcini mushroom sauce)

Fontella Sangiovese di Puglia IGT (approx. $8.99)

Carpaccio con parmegiano regiano (beef carpaccio with parmesan cheese)

Villa Cafaggio Chianti Classico DOCG (approx. $15.99)

Fiorentina (unique Tuscan white steaks), served with grilled vegetables

Villa Cafaggio Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG (approx. $27.99)

Stufato di capriolo con patate, cipolli e funghi (venison casserole with juniper berries, carrots, onions and artichokes, topped with gratin of potatoes)

Villa Cafaggio San Martino (approx. $42.99)

Pernice arosto ripiena di myrtille rosso e nocci (roast partridge with a red berry and nut stuffing)

Villa Cafaggio Chainti Classico Riserva DOCG Solatio Basilica (approx. $38.95)

Piccione al forno con verdure alle griglia (roast pigeon with grilled vegetables)

Villa Cafaggio Cortaccio (100% Cabernet Sauvignon) (approx. $35.99)

Controfiletto di vitello gratinato, salsa di vino rosso (roast veal chop in a red wine sauce)

Campo della Spinaia Brunello di Montalcino DOCG (approx. $36.99)

Tagliatelle, ragu di anatra (Tagliatelle pasta in a red wine and duck sauce)

Campo della Spinaia Rosso di Montalcino DOC (approx. $13.99)

Minestrone di pasta e fagioli (traditional pasta and borlotti bean soup)

Antario Gavi DOC (approx. $13.99)

Risotto al frutti di mare (shellfish risotto)

pasta con pesto (pasta with basil, pine nuts and parmigiano)

Antario Barolo DOCG (approx. $29.95)

Stracotto al Barolo (beef stew cooked in Barolo)

Selvaggina (roasted game)

 

 

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