Here
is the menu for the January Vino Kitchen Italian Table
Ricotta al forno
Baked ricotta with salad
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Agnello brasato
12-hour braised Exmoor lamb with olive crushed potatoes and roasted carrots
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Torta di clementine
Clementine cake
December Vino Kitchen
Festive Italian Table
Antipasti piemontese
carne cruda all'albese
peperoni con bagna cauda
crostino con pomodoro arrostito

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Risotto ai funghi
Mushroom risotto
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Brasato al Barbera
Topside of Red Ruby beef from Gerald David braised in
Cascina Fontana
Barbera d'Alba 2009

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Bunet
Luisa's chocolate crème caramel

November Vino Kitchen Italian Table
Pasta e fagioli alla veneziana
Pasta and beans Venetian style
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Saltimbocca di pollo
verdure arrostite con gremolata
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Torta di cioccolato e mandorle
October Vino Kitchen
Italian Table
"A menu for autumn"
Zuppa di zucca
butternut squash and chilli soup
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Stracotto al Chianti
Slow-braised beef in Chianti
cannellini bean mash
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Pere al vino rosso
Pears poached in red wine
August Vino Kitchen Italian Table
La panzanella
Tuscan bread salad with organic vegetables from Shillingford
La porchetta
Roman style Kenniford Farm belly and loin of pork stuffed with rosemary,
fennel garlic and chilli
Gelato di fragola
homemade strawberry gelato with Visciolata cherry wine and Italian meringues
July Vino Kitchen Italian Table
Emma's sourdough bread (from Real Food Store)
Minestrone d'estivo con pesto
di Liguria
Summer minestrone with Ligurian pesto (vegetables and herbs
from Shillingford Organics)
Pasta al forno alla neopolitana
Naples-style baked pasta with beef and pork meatballs (meat from Gerald
David at Darts Farm), mozzarella and seasonal vegetables
Pesche alla griglia
Peaches (from Richards Fruit & Veg) char-grilled with amaretto and vanilla
June Vino Kitchen 'Topsham Table'
Topsham bruschetta
Emma's sourdough from Real Food Store with Frances' Topsham-Tuscany
Ca' del Carbanaio extra virgin olive oil from Darts Farm
Exmouth mackerel escabeche
with local carrots and celery
mackerel from David at The Fish Shed at Darts Farm; local carrots and
celery from Richards Fruit & Veg
Kenniford Farm 'pulled pork' Cuban style
with Cuban mojo from Smokey Joes Sauces at nearby Broadclyst, braised fresh-picked
cavolo nero from Shillingford Organics at the Real Food store, and red
and golden beetroot from Richards Fruit & Veg
Strawberry and rhubarb crumble with Devon clotted cream
strawberries from Ide, Topsham rhubarb supplied by Richards Fruit & Veg,
Devon clotted cream from Darts Farm
May Vino Kitchen Italian Table
Pappa
al pomodoro
Tuscan bread, tomato and olive oil 'soup' made with Emma's amazing sourdough
Pollo alla toscana
fagioli nell'fiasco
cavalo brasato con peperoncino
Tuscan style char-grilled chicken
white beans with sage and olive oil
braised organic kale with peperoncino
Surprise pudding with guest chef James Clark
March Vino Kitchen Italian Table
Fafalle cui vroccoli
Farfalle pasta with a cauliflower, sultana and pinenut sauce
Pollo alla Marsala
caponata
Chicken breasts in Marsala wine
aubergine and celery in agrodolce
Torta di cioccolato e mandorle
Bitter chocolate and almond tart
February Vino Kitchen Italian Table
Ricotta al forno
Baked ricotta and herbs with salad leaves

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Casoeûla
Milanese winter stew of homemade sausages, sparerib chops and Savoy cabbage
with polenta alla griglia

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Crostata di limone
James' famous lemon tart

January Vino Kitchen Italian Table
Risotto ai funghi
Mushroom risotto
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Pollo all'arancia amara
Cavolo nero
Arthur's chicken cooked Sicilian style with Seville oranges
Braised black kale with Tuscan olive oil and chilli
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Torta di pera
Kim's pear tart
December Vino Kitchen Festive Italian Table
Crostini di fegatini e crostini di fagioli e salvia
Tuscan chicken liver and white bean and sage crostini
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Sanpiero in saor
Venetian style Exmouth john dory fillets pan-fried and soused in
vinegar, onions, raisins and pinenuts
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Brasato al Barolo
Arthur's topside of Devon beef braised in Barolo wine
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Kim's crostata di mela
Apple tart Italian style
November Vino Kitchen

Pasta e fagioli
Pasta and beans Venetian style
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Arista e pancetta di maiale al latte
Loin and belly of free-range Kenniford Farm pork braised in milk
roasted butternut squash
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Pere al vino rosso
Pears in red wine

October Vino Kitchen
"A menu for autumn"
Risotto di zucca
Butternut squash risotto
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Stracotto al Chianti
Top-rib of Red Ruby beef marinaded and 24-hour braised in Chianti
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Pesche alla griglia con Amaretto
Char-grilled peaches braised in vanilla scented Amaretto
Vino Kitchen August 2010

Panzanella
Panzanella
Tuscan summer 'bread salad'
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Pollo alla cacciatora
Kim's rosemary roast potatoes
Char-grilled local chicken braised in a tomato sauce with pancetta, porcini
mushrooms, rosemary and sage
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Vanilla pannacotta with Nick's blueberries from Lustleigh
Vino Kitchen June 2010 (special 'Topsham Table' as part
of the Topsham Food Festival)
Town
Mill bruschetta
Topsham-baked sourdough with Frances' amazing Topsham-Tuscan olive
oil
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Wood-roasted Exmouth mackerel with salad
Fresh-off-the-boat mackerel from David Kerley at The
Fish Shed
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Kenniford Farm freerange belly pork slow-braised in Green Valley cyder
and apples
Local new potatoes
Wood-roasted carrots and dill
Pork supplied by Kenniford Farm, cyder
from Darts Farm and veg from Richard's
Fruit and Vegetables
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Strawberries and Devon clotted cream
Strawberries picked this morning from Boyces
Fruit Farm, Shillingford St George with Dunn's Dairy Devon clotted cream
Vino Kitchen May 2010
Minestrone estivo con pesto
Summer minestrone with homemade pesto
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La tagliata
Char-grilled flank steak with herb salad and shavings of grana padano
**
Torta di pere e mandorle
Pear and almond tart
Vino Kitchen April 2010
Insalata primavera
Fennel and orange salad with toasted pinenuts, grana padano shavings
and Tuscan lemon oil

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Agnello brasato
24-hour slow-roasted Exmoor lamb with Montepulciano wine
potatoes and spring cabbage

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Crema catalana with new season rhubarb

Vino Kitchen March 2010
Risotto ai funghi
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Baccalà fresca all'anconetana
Freshly landed Brixham cod stewed with fennel, chillies, white wine
and tomato
Insalata verde
**
Tiramisù
Vino Kitchen February 2010
'A Taste of Sicily’
Pasta 'cui vroccoli'
Sicilian pasta with cauliflower and broccoli
in an agrodolce with raisins and pinenuts
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Sicilian sausages
Made from local pork, flavoured with fennel seeds, made by Tony of
Arthurs
La caponata
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Torta di limone e polenta
Sicilian lemon and polenta cake
Vino Kitchen January 2010
‘Vino Kitchen Winter Italian
Table’
La ribollita
Tuscan vegetable, bean and sourdough bread soup
**
Arista di maiale all'aceto balsamico
Kenniford free-range loin of pork, char-grilled, then slow-roasted
with onions, rosemary and balsamic vinegar
Carote all'agro

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Torta di arancia
Orange cake
Vino Kitchen December 2009
‘Festive Italian Table’
Bellini cocktail
Crostino di fegatino - Tuscan chicken liver crostino
**
Zuppa di farro
Warming spelt, chickpea and cavolo nero soup
**
Peposo
Short ribs of Red Ruby Devon beef slow-braised Tuscan style in Chianti
and lots of black pepper
**
Mousse di cioccolato
Chocolate mousse Italian style
Vino Kitchen November 2009
‘Italian Table’
Pasta e fasoi
Venetian style pasta and beans in a rich duck broth
**
Pollo alle cacciatore
verdure arrostite
insalatina mista
Chicken cooked 'hunter's style' in red wine with pancetta, wild mushrooms
and rosemary
**
Pecorino marzolino with Tuscan honey
Tiramisù
October 2009
‘Italian Table’
La Bagna Cauda
Antipasti piemontese
Mixed Piedmont antipasti
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La Bagna Cauda
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Formaggi piemontesi
Selection of Piedmont cheeses
Mario Fontana’s new Dolcetto (just
20 days old!)
Vino Kitchen September 2009
‘American Table’
New England style mussel and corn chowder
**
Slow-roasted brisket of beef in barbeque
sauce, cooked in the wood-oven
**
New York style chocolate, lime and chilli cheesecake

Vino Kitchen August 2009
‘Italian Table’
La panzanella
Tuscan ‘bread’ salad
**
La porchetta
Roman style roast pork stuffed with fennel, garlic and chilli
**
Pecorino cheese
Vino Kitchen July 2009
‘Italian Table’
“Una cenetta al limone’ – a
lemony summer supper
Risotto al limone
Lemon risotto
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Pollo al limone
Chicken braised in lemon
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Torta al limone
Lemon tart
Vino Kitchen June 2009
‘Italian Table’
Crostini in 5 modi
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Brodetto
Adriatic fish and shellfish stew
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Zuppa di fragola
Strawberry ‘soup’
Vino Kitchen May 2009
‘Italian Table’
Sgombro in saor
Exmouth mackerel in a Venetian sweet and sour agrodolce
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Salsicce toscane e fagioli nel fiasco
Tuscan sausages and cannellini beans with sage

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