"Melchiorre's notion that food to the cook is just like marble to Michelangelo: it is up to the artist
to bring out what is already there. What a concept for living life."
--E. Robinson, Salisbury, Maryland

"Melchiorre is a national treasure!"
K. Simon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Washington Post, 2003

AMORE SAPORE MENUS

The following Amore Sapore menus are a sampling of our most frequently requested dishes. We enjoy working with our guests to create a menu together. The meals may be prepared in your "Italian home" or they may be cooked in our kitchens and delivered to you. Or you might enjoy a cooking lesson while we create the meals in your kitchen. The following menus vary from a simple meal requiring three to four hours of preparation time, to more elaborate celebration meals requiring five to seven hours of shopping, cooking and clean-up.

Antipasti

• Assorted bruschette (including truffles and porcini mushrooms in season)
• Fresh mozzarella and sliced, summer tomatoes, with virgin olive oil
• Homemade torta (round flat bread) with home-cured prosciutto or roasted vegetables
• Panzanella, a light summer bread salad
• Fried fresh zucchini blossoms, stuffed with mozzarella

Primi Piatti

• Tagliatelle or gnocchi with duck sauce; or with fresh pesto
• Pappa al pomodoro, summertime tomato bread soup
• Ribollita, a hearty peasant dish of vegetables, beans and bread
• Polenta with fresh herbs, mozzarella and tomato-vegetable sauce; or with wild boar sauce
• Spaghetti alla carbonara

Secondi Piatti

• Roasted chicken or stuffed quail cooked on a spit over hot coals
• Pollo arrabbiatto, Italian fried chicken
• Roasted duck, porchetta style
• Homemade grilled sausages with grapes
• Steak Florentine, featuring our famous, local Chianina beef
• Roasted rabbit

Contorni

• Asparagi alla Fiorentina (asparagus with eggs)
• Tuscan beans with sage and olive oil, or with roasted chestnuts
• Grilled vegetables in season

Dolci

• Pane di Spagna (sponge cake) with ricotta, honey and fresh fruit in season
• Schiacciata con l'uva, grape harvest cake
• Pears poached in Chianti
• Biscotti di Prato with Vin Santo

To reserve a date please contact Italia Reservations.