Tosca

May/June 2013 Dinner Menu


Salad/Appetizers

Insalata Mista

Organic mixed greens salad with cherry tomatoes, balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil dressing
 
$10.00

Insalata di Radicchio

Salad of radicchio and Bartlett pears with imported Gorgonzola cheese terrine

and toasted walnuts

 
$14.00

Prosciutto di Parma

Imported Parma ham, mache salad, La Tur cheese, pistachios and 12 year-aged balsamic

 
$17.00
     

Gamberini

Poached baby shrimp with frisee, crab meat, pink grapefruit and yuzu-lemon dressing

 
$18.00

Rucola e Burrata

Organic arugula salad with truffle dressing, Burrata cheese, radish, fennel and cauliflower

 
$18.00


Pasta/Risotto/Soup

(Our fresh pasta is housemade daily)

Zuppa

Grean pea soup with Ricotta crouton and roasted shrimp

 
$13.00

Chitarra

Housemade whole wheat square spaghetti with tomato sauce and cherry tomatoes
 
$19.00

Taglierini

Black ink taglierini with baby shrimp, clams, fava beans, cherry tomato, white wine sauce

 
$27.00

Gnocchi

Goat cheese gnocchi on a ramp-walnut pesto in a light tomato sauce

 
$25.00

Fettuccine

Olive and thyme fettucine with leg of lamb ragu, with baby kale, lemon peel and Parmesan cheese

 
$26.00

Ravioli

Spinach ravioli filled with roasted veal, prosciutto and pistachio mortadella with a red wine reduction, butter, fresh sage and Parmesan cheese

 
$24.00

Risotto

Risotto with green asparagus, pecorino Pinzani and mint
 
$32.00

 


Main Course

Filetto di Manzo

Roasted Prime Beef N.Y tenderloin, with Balsamic trevisan radicchio salad, organic patty pan squash and a Barbaresco foie gras sauce

 
$48.00

Controfiletto di Agnello

Boneless lamb strip loin with braised artichokes, butternut squash two-ways, bell pepper emulsion and Pinot noir sauce

 
$44.00

Costolette di Vitello

Free range veal chop with young chard, baby artichokes, grated fontina and a Barolo wine sauce

 
$48.00

Branzino Spagnolo

Grilled Spanish sea bass with spring garlic sauce, fava beans, oven dried cherry tomateos and fresh herb olive oil

 
$36.00


Side Dishes

  Sautéed cauliflower
$8.00
Sautéed mushrooms
$8.00
Rosemary-garlic roasted potatoes
$8.00
Yellow soft polenta and Parmesan                                  
$8.00
Warm spinach salad with pine nuts             
$8.00

Grilled asparagus “grandmother style”


$8.00

Menu Gran Degustazione $95

(Tasting menus not available after 9:30pm)
(All dishes and wines are available a la carte)

 
 
with wine tasting add $65.00
 
 

Crudo di Hamachi

Hamachi crudo, Porcini salad, baby kale, celery hearts

$18.00
Louis Roederer "Brut Premier" Champagne NV
$14.00

Capesanta

Roasted scallops with sea urchin puree, fava bean ragu with crispy Prociutto and fresh herb olive oil

$38.00
Tifenbrunner "Feldmarschall" 2011
$18.00

Pappardelle

Carrot flavored pappardelle with a rabbit ragu in a white wine sauce and fresh thyme
$26.00

Nebbiolo "Pio Cesare" 2009

$16.00

 

Risotto

Risotto with Brown cow Parmesan cheese and 12 years Balsamic

$32.00
Barbaresco "Produttori" 2008 $17.00
   

Vitello

Roasted veal tenderloin with green asparagus puree, braised white asparagus with fiddleheads and Barolo wine sauce

$42.00
Barolo "Corino" 2008                                                                                                               $22.00
 

Tortino al cioccolato

Warm chocolate cake, vanilla-malt cream and chocolate sorbet

$10.00

Brachetto "Marenco" 2011

$10.00
 

 

Tasting Menu $70

   

(Tasting Menus not available after 9:30pm)

(All dishes and wines are available a la carte)

with wine tasting add $45.00
 

Polipetti e Calamari

Baby octopus and calamari salad with baby heirloom potatoes, asparagus, green peas and lemon dressing

$18.00
Roero Arneis "Vietti" 2012
$12.00

Ravioli di Astice

Ravioli filled with lobster tail, Burrata cheese and leek puree in a green pea sauce
$30.00
Pinot Noir "Emeritus" 2010
$16.00

Ippoglosso

Roasted Alaskan Halibut with baby kale, fennel-tomato emulsion and caper sauce

$40.00
Nero d'Avola Planeta "Cerasuolo di Vitoria"
$14.00

Tiramisu
Chef's modernized tiramisu

$10.00
Malvasia "Delle Lipari"   2007
$14.00