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)
€11-15

GAMBERONI IN PASTA KATAIFI
King prawns in crispy kataifi pastry with caramelised soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce
TRIS DI BATTUTA DI FASSONA CON UOVA
Trio of hand chopped fassone beef tartare with raw quail egg, truffle and diced shallots and capers
TORTINO DI FUNGHI SELVATICI
Wild mushroom flan on a potato souffle with a taleggio cheese fonduta
TAGLIERE DI SALUMI E FORMAGGI MISTI
Mixed cheese and meat platter

PRIMI (FIRST COURSES)
€13-15

VELLUTATA DI CAROTE ALLA CURCUMA E CECI
Cream of carrot and chick pea soup perfumed with tumeric and garnished with crispy bacon
FETTUCCINE CON CREMA DI TARTUFO
Fresh fettuccine pasta with Italian sausage, delicate red chicory and cream of truffle
GNOCCHI DI ZUCCA
Pumpkin potato gnocchi with fondue of stilton cheese and crushed pistachio nuts
AGNOLOTTI CAPRESE
Fresh ravioli stuffed with buffalo mozzarella, ricotta and smoked scamorza cheese with a fresh tomato and basil sauce
RISOTTO CON CREMA DI PISELLI
Creamy pea risotto with calamari and drizzled with taleggio cheese fondue

SECONDI (MAIN COURSES)
€18-28

FILETTO DI CONIGLIO
Fillet of rabbit stuffed with chestnuts and baby spinach, wrapped in bacon and served with a demi glace, roast potatoes and fresh vegetables
CUBEROLL DI ANGUS
Cuberoll steak of Angus beef with roast potatoes and seasonal vegetables
DADOLATA DI CERVO CON POLENTA
Rich venison casserole with delicate parmesan cheese polenta
GUANCIALE DI PATANEGRA, BRASATO AL BAROLO
Patanegra pork cheeks braised in red Barolo wine and served with roast potatoes and seasonal vegetables
FILETTO DI OMBRINA AL FORNO
Fillet of ombrina Mediterranean fish oven baked with datterini tomatoes, taggiasche olives, aromatic herbs and served with roast potatoes and seasonal vegetables

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