Our establishment adheres to the Slow Food Alliance, an agreement between chefs and small producers to promote good, clean, and fair local foods and to save biodiversity.
@ Presidia are Slow Food projects that protect small quality productions to be safeguarded, made according to traditional practices.
ʘ The Ark of Taste is a catalog of products that belong to the culture and traditions of the whole world and are at risk of disappearing.
Our Chef is Giulio Carlo Ferrero
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PASTRY SHOP CAKES
It is possible to bring cakes from an external pastry shop only if accompanied by a receipt and an ingredient/allergen list provided by the producer. Our service has a cost of €1.50 per person.
For cakes of our own production, the cost is calculated per kilogram or per person, depending on the quantity (€30/kg or €5 per person).
Traditional veal with tuna sauce, made with Fassone Coalvi round (PDO-certified Piedmontese breed)
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Hand-chopped Fassone Coalvi beef tartare (thigh cut), with celery and Parmigiano Reggiano flakes
Sicilian Anchovies with traditional “bagnetto verde”, a green parsley-garlic sauce from Piedmont
"Rabbit tuna" — slow-cooked Carmagnola grey rabbit ʘ preserved in oil, served with mixed green
Fassone Coalvi beef marinated in Scarpa red Vermouth from Turin, thinly sliced and served with a honey-mustard dressing
A cold and lighter version of bagna caôda, a traditional Piedmontese dip made with garlic, extra virgin olive oil and anchovies. Here, part of the anchovies is replaced with Jerusalem artichokes for a milder taste. Served cold, with fresh raw vegetables to dip
Today’s assorted appetizers, displayed on the cart at the entrance
(not including the items listed above)
[for tables of 6+, full-table option – ask staff for allergen info]
All fresh egg pasta is homemade with stone-ground Antiqua flour, type 1 soft wheat, from Bongiovanni mill
Organic Rosa Marchetti ‘risotto’ from Zaccaria Farm in Salussola (Baraggia), with bell pepper cream and Bra sausage ʘ
waiting time: 15 minutes
Agnolotti del plin -or- agnolotti gobbi
with roast sauce / butter and sage / or white ragù
Two types of meat-filled ravioli: 'plin' are small and pinched, filled with roasted meat; 'gobbi' are square and plump, filled with boiled meat. Choose your preferred type and one of three sauces
smaller portion: € 10,00
'Tajarin' (thin Piedmontese egg noodles) with vegetable ragù
Chilled vegetable soup with Saluggia beans ʘ , crispy pancetta and toasted bread cubes
smaller portion: € 9,00
Bronze-cut durum wheat pasta with tomato and basil
All meat main courses are served with a side dish
500g ribeye steak from Fassone Coalvi beef, grilled and served with baked potatoes
Chilled meat aspic [beef shank, tongue, chuck, cotechino sausage, hen, with carrots, peppers, celery and zucchini, all in gelatin], served with parsley-garlic–anchovy green sauce
Vegetable and robiola di Roccaverano goat cheese @ puff pastry
Raw seasonal vegetables with a tasting of three different Piedmontese extra virgin olive oils
Seasonal cooked vegetables drizzled with Leccio del Corno EVOO from Oliveti Giachino, San Sebastiano da Po (Turin)
Nine elements marinated 'carpione'-style [white wine vinegar, onions, carrots, sage]: veal, chicken and pork cutlets, trout, eel, anchovies, egg, zucchini and Belgian endive
wait time: 15 minutes
The legendary 'Grissinopoli': a Fassone Coalvi veal cutlet breaded with 'rubatà' artisanal breadsticks from Feyles and Piemonte IGP hazelnut crumbs, with seasonal vegetables
Mixed offal [chicken livers and cockscombs; rabbit livers; veal sweetbreads, spinal cords, brains, testicles, and liver], cooked with wine vinegar, Marsala, and porcini mushrooms
smaller portion: € 15,00
Very flavourful traditional warm anchovy and garlic dip [one head of garlic for every 150 grams of anchovies], served in a candle-powered fondue burner, with seasonal vegetables cooked and raw to dip in sauce, a piece of Bra sausage ʘ and an egg yolk to soak up the remaining sauce in the pot
Nine different cuts of boiled meat [from beef, pork and chicken], served in a clay pot with beef broth and boiled vegetables [carrots, celery, onions], accompanied by seven traditional sauces [parsley sauce, tomato and bell pepper sauce, cognà (apple and pear jam made with grape must), Cremona mustard, bee sauce (honey, mustard and nuts), horseradish, mustard seeds], and two side dishes [boiled potatoes and buttered vegetables], with a taste of 'agnolotti del plin' pasta to be slowly cooked in the pot while eating the meat
- AVAILABLE BY RESERVATION ONLY, AT LEAST 48H IN ADVANCE -
Selection of Piedmontese cheeses @ ʘ [made with cow, sheep, and/or goat milk] with chestnut honey and homemade preserves
smaller portion: € 12,00
Traditional Piedmontese flan made with chocolate and 'amaretti' cookies
Classic stuffed peach with chocolate and amaretti biscuits – a true summer dessert!
Apple shortcrust tart with vanilla custard ice cream
Poached pear in Moscato d’Asti DOCG wine
Our tiramisu [without raw egg]
Juices, tea, herbal teas, carbonated drinks
Helles glutenfree
33 cl
Bock lager
Lager premium
66 cl
Caffè delle terre alte di Huehuetenango in Guatemala @ di Boutic Caffè, Maestro del Gusto
Shot of bitter liqueur or spirits
Selection of Piedmontese herbal liqueurs
Selection of single-vineyard Piedmontese grappas
Drink, spirits, vermouth, 'passito' (dessert wine), 'chinato' wine, etc...
From € 6,00 to
To ensure the highest quality, all dishes and/or their ingredients marked with * are subjected to thermal treatment procedures.
The addition of seasonal ingredients, such as fresh porcini mushrooms or black truffles, incurs an extra charge starting from €7. For white truffles, the price per gram will be communicated directly to the table by the staff before weighing.
Garlic and derived products.
Peanuts and products containing peanuts.
Wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, khorasan wheat (kamut) and derived products.
Crustaceans and products thereof.
Fava beans (Vicia faba) and products thereof.
Almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, pistachios, cashews, and products thereof.
Mushrooms and products thereof.
Milk and products thereof.
Lupin and products thereof.
Molluscs and products thereof.
Fish and products thereof.
Celery and products thereof.
Mustard and products thereof.
Sesame seeds and products thereof.
Soybeans and products thereof.
Sulphur dioxide and sulphites.
Meat from pig and derived products
Eggs and products thereof.