Menu - Ristorante L'Ortiche, Sauze d'Oulx

L’Ortiche Sample Menu

Our professional chefs adapt our menus throughout the season to provide you with the freshest and tastiest food.
Below is a typical menu, showing the range and type of quality dishes you can expect at Ristorante L’Ortiche

ANTIPASTI (STARTERS)
A selection of typical starters – others are available

CAPUNET
Oven baked cabbage leaves stuffed with Italian sausage, herbs and amaretti on a red cabbage puree with a local toma cheese
ROAST VENISON
Thinly sliced roasted wild venison ham with honey glazed chestnuts and baby leaves
COURGETTE WITH PRAWNS
Baked round courgette stuffed with prawns, sun-dried tomatoes and pine nuts on a cream of datterini tomato sauce

PRIMI (FIRST COURSES)
A selection of typical first courses – others are available

SAUSAGE, FETTUCINE AND TRUFFLE
Fresh fettucine pasta with Italian sausage, delicate red chicory and cream of truffle
VENISON PASTA WITH CHEESE
Fresh paccheri (large tube) pasta a wild venison ragu, garnished with caciaricotta cheese
CHESTNUT GNOCCHI
Chestnut gnocchi with a fonduta of pumpkin, wild boar bacon and a crumble of hazelnuts

SECONDI (MAIN COURSES)
A selection of typical mains – others are available

PATANEGRA PORK CHEEKS
Slowly braised patanegra pork cheeks glazed in red wine with potatoes and seasonal vegetables
ROAST LAMB SHANK
Roasted lamb shank cooked in Barolo wine with a rich demi-glace, sauteed potatoes and seasonal vegetables
FILLET OF SALMON
Fillet of salmon with baby vegetables, fresh baby spinach, buttered potatoes and tartare sauce

OUR HOMEMADE DESSERTS

CHEESECAKE AL LIMONE
Lemon cheesecake with a fresh strawberry coulis
CREMA CATALANA
Crema Catalana served with shortbread biscuits
COPPETTA PAVLOVA
Pavlova pot with ice-cream, warm fruits of the forest, meringue and fresh whipped cream
SEMIFREDDO AL TORRONCINO
Home made nougat, hazelnut and white chocolate ice-cream with warm toffee sauce
TORTA DI MELA
Sticky apple cake served hot with warm vanilla sauce
DOLCI DEL GIORNO
Dessert of the day

Wine

This is a small selection of our extensive wine list. We stock a wide variety of reds from Piedmont, Tuscany, the Veneto and Alto Adige along with other parts of Italy at all price ranges.

We also have a large selection of white wines plus some rose wines, along with drinks for special occasions – from fine champagne to premium prosecco along with soft drinks, beer and liquors.

RED WINES

PIEMONTE

Nebbiolo Langhe Giovanni Almondo

Nebbiolo Langhe Cordero di Montezemolo

Barolo Ceretto Zonchera

Barbaresco D.O.C.G Pelissero Nubiola

Monsardo D.O.C. Uvaggio

VENETO

Amarone della Valpolicella Allegrini D.O.C.G.

ALTO ADIGE

Pino Nero Montigl Riserva

TOSCANA

Brunello di Montalcino Col d’Orcia

Brunello di Montalcino Castel Gioconda

Nearco Uvaggio

Le Volte dell’Ornellaia

Le Serre Nuove Bolgheri dell’Ornellaia

WHITE WINES

PIEMONTE

Blange Ceretto Arneis

ALTO ADIGE

Terlan Pinot Bianco Vorberg Riserva.

Terlan Nova Domus

Terlan Sauvignon Quartz

Terlan Chardonnay Kreuth

FRIULI

Sauvignon Blanc Di Leonardo

Pinot Grigio Di Leonardo

FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS

Gaja Barbaresco

Gaja Sperss

Ornellaia Bolgheri

Moet & Chandon Champagne Reserve Imperiale

Prosecco Treviso Soligi Dry