BITES
CURATED BY FRANCESCA’S ON CHESTNUT
RICOTTA E MIELE
14
WHIPPED RICOTTA + LOCAL HONEY COMB + GALLETTA
PEPE IMBOTTITI
16
SPICY STUFFED CHERRY PEPPERS WITH PROSCIUTTO AND
PROVOLONE + ROASTED PEPPERS + FRESH MOZZARELLA
FORMAGGI E SALUMI
25
BLU DI BUFFALA + NOCETTO DI CAPRA + CACIO DI ROMA
COPPA + FINOCCHIONA + SOPRESSATA
DRIED FIGS + GIARDINERA + GALLETTA
OLIVE DEL MEDITERRANEO
11
GAETA OLIVES + CASTELVETRANO OLIVES + CHILI FLAKES +
LEMON AND ORANGE ZEST + THYME + EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
BARBABIETOLE
13
POACHED BEETS + YOGURT + PINK PEPPERCORNS + PISTACHIOS
+ CHIVE + ORANGE ZEST + RED WINE HONEY VINAIGRETTE
GAMBERI
15
POACHED LAUGHING BIRD SHRIMP + PICKLED CELERY + RED
ONION + KALAMATA OLIVES + CALABRIAN CHILIES + BASIL +
TARRAGON + LEMON + OLIVE OIL
CHEESES
BLU DI BUFFALA: THIS SEMIFIRM BUFFALO MILK BLUE IS
FROM BERGAMO. RARE TO FIND AN AGED BUFFALO MILK
CHEESE, THIS ONE IS A DISTINCTIVE, FULL-BODIED BLUE. THE
CHEESE IS A BALANCE OF SWEETNESS WITH A SLIGHT TANG IN
ITS LINGERING FINISH.
NOCETTO DI CAPRA: NOCETTO DI CAPRA IS A SOFT-RIPENED
PASTEURIZED GOAT CHEESE FROM LOMBARDY. THE CHEESE IS
SWEET, WELL BALANCED AND LIKE VELVET ON YOUR TONGUE.
CACIO DI ROMA THIS CREAMY, SEMISOFT SHEEP’S MILK
CHEESE IS MANUFACTURED IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF ROME AND
AGED ABOUT ONE MONTH. KNOWN AS A “CACIOTTA” FOR ITS
SMALL FORM, CACIO DE ROMA® IS THE CLASSIC TABLE CHEESE
FROM ITALY WITH A VERY FULL, FLAVORFUL TASTE.
MEATS
COPPA: COPPA IS OBTAINED FROM A PORK JOINT COMING
FROM THE PIG'S NECK, AN EXPLOSION OF INTENSE FLAVOR, OF
SPICY HOT CHILLI AND TASTY MEAT.
FINOCCHIONA: A TYPICAL TUSCAN SEASONED SAUSAGE. IT IS
MADE OUT OF PORK, SPECIFICALLY BELLY OF PORK AND
SHOULDER OF PORK. IT OWES ITS NAME TO THE
CHARACTERISTIC FENNEL SEEDS WITH WHICH IT IS FLAVORED.
SOPPRESSATA: AN ITALIAN CLASSIC THAT BLENDS HANDTRIMMED, COARSELY CHOPPED PORK WITH SAVORY SPICES
CRAFTED AND NATURALLY AGED IN THE OLD WORLD
TRADITION.