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Primo / Pasta

Neapolitan-Style Cavatelli with Tomato and Oregano

A rustic southern Italian pasta dish with tender cavatelli coated in a simple tomato sauce scented with oregano, garlic, and extra virgin olive oil.

Antipasto / Salad

Turnip Greens and Mozzarella Salad

A fresh Italian-style salad with lightly blanched turnip greens, creamy mozzarella, lemon, extra virgin olive oil, and crisp toasted breadcrumbs for contrast.

Fettuccine ai Quattro Formaggi — “Silk of the Alps”

A haute, Italian-inspired interpretation designed for a Florentine winter table: glossy ribbons of fettuccine coated in a restrained, perfectly emulsified quartet of cheeses—luxurious, balanced, and never heavy.

First course / Mediterranean pasta

Capellini with Tuna, Capers, and Olives

A fast Mediterranean pasta with delicate capellini, savory tuna, briny capers, black olives, garlic, parsley, and a bright touch of lemon. Simple, fragrant, and ready in minutes.

Soup / Comfort Food

Broccoli Cheddar Soup (Serves 4)

Creamy, cozy, and packed with tender broccoli in a silky cheddar base—comfort food that tastes like a warm hug.

Dessert

Traditional Sicilian Cannoli with Sweet Sheep Ricotta and Crushed Bronte Pistachios

Crisp, blistered Sicilian cannoli shells filled just before serving with silky sweet sheep ricotta, dark chocolate, orange zest, and crushed Bronte pistachios.

Sweet fritters / Dessert snack

Pumpkin Fritters

Soft inside, lightly crisp outside, these sweet Italian-style pumpkin fritters are made with mashed pumpkin, lemon zest, vanilla, and a delicate cinnamon sugar finish. Perfect for autumn snacks, dessert plates, or festive family cooking.

Haute casual pasta primo (Italian-American classic, fine-dining technique)

Penne alla Vodka (Ginza Aperitivo Edition)

A classic Roman-American vodka sauce refined with restaurant technique: slow-sweated aromatics, a glossy tomato reduction, and a cream finish mounted for a silk, lacquered nappe. Serves 4.

Primo / First course

Milanese Crispy Rice Pancake — Riso al Salto

A golden, crisp Italian rice pancake made from saffron risotto, butter, and Parmigiano Reggiano. Tender inside, deeply toasted outside, and perfect as a refined first course or a clever leftover dish.

Secondo / Italian main course

Neapolitan-Style Rabbit with Tomato, Olives and Capers

A rustic Campanian-style braise: rabbit browned in extra-virgin olive oil, gently simmered with white wine, tomato, black olives, capers, garlic, oregano and parsley until tender and glossy.

Brunch / Breakfast (Classic)

Eggs Benedict

A classic brunch stack: toasted English muffins, warm Canadian bacon, perfectly poached eggs, and silky lemony hollandaise—rich, bright, and absolutely worth the extra 10 minutes.

Primo piatto (contemporary Italian fine-dining style)

Sausage Risotto, Contemporary Fine-Dining Style

A Carnaroli risotto built on a clarified sausage “jus,” finished with a lemon-bright butter emulsion and a discreet balsamic accent—rich, savory, and clean on the palate, like a modern Italian tasting-menu “primo,” but fully doable at home.