Starters
Steamed king prawn compote in spiced sauce
②④⑦⑩⑫
€ 30,00
Smoked tuna in olive wood, burrata and confit tomato
④⑦⑫
€ 24,00
Double-cooked octopus with ginger flavoured carrot cream and olive-bread crumbs
①④⑨⑭
€ 24,00
Mussel soup with basil flavoured cherry tomatoes
④⑨⑫⑭
€ 18,00
Beef tartare with pizzuta almond cream
⑥⑧
€ 25,00
Eggplant parmigiana
①⑦⑨
€ 22,00
First Courses
Spaghetti Verrigni “Antica Siracusa” with mullet roe and pan-roasted breadcrumbs
①④⑨
€ 22,00
Mezze maniche “Mancini” with pistachio pesto and shelled clams
①④⑦⑧
€ 24,00
Whole grain cubes with red shrimp and its lemon scented bisque
①②④⑦⑫
€ 26,00
Risotto with flattened scampi and datterino tomato extract
②④⑦⑨⑫
€ 28,00
Risotto with tenerumi leaves, black pork cheek and tuma persa cheese
⑦⑨ -
€ 24,00
Burrata stuffed ravioli with chopped tomatoes and basil cream
①③⑦⑨ -
€ 24,00
Second Courses
Fresh fish fillet with caponatina siracusana
④⑨⑫
€ 28,00
Pan-roasted sea bass with with saffron potatoes
④⑨⑫
€ 28,00
Fried squid and king prawns
①④⑫
€ 30,00
Sea bream fillet and salmoriglio garnished grilled vegetables
④
€ 28,00
The best of beef with rosemary, nero d'Avola sauce and thyme flavoured roasted potatoes
①⑦⑨ -
€ 30,00
Thyme flavoured pork fillet with green apple sauce
⑨⑫
€ 26,00
FROM THE GRILL
(upon availability)
Veal fillet
€ 14,00 l’etto/ 100 gr.
Sliced Scottona meat
€ 14,00 l’etto/ 100 gr.
Black pork fillet
€ 10,00 l’etto/ 100 gr.
Fish of the day
€ 14,00 l’etto/ 100 gr.
Shellfish
€ 18,00 l’etto/ 100 gr.
(gross weight price)
Plates can change up according to market availability
‘Chef’s Passion and Tasting Menù’
Here is a tasting selection to satisfy our most passionate
and demanding Client
‘A caress of Zephyr and sand’
Five seafood courses experience
€ 100,00
(WINE NOT INCLUDED)
Because of its complexity, each tasting menu is meant for the whole table.
The menu cannot be shared
HISTORICAL SICILIAN CHEESE SELECTION
Homemade baked ricotta cheese
Baked during bread preparation, ancient and efficient method to preserve the ricotta when going to the town market was impossible
€ 9,00
TUMA PERSA D.O.P.
Double fermentation for “pressed cheese” with a sweet taste
€ 9,00
PIACENTINO ENNESE D.O.P.
Historical myth. It gave rise to “European” cheese
€ 9,00
FIORE SICANO D.O.P.
Soft Sicilian cheese with “flowered” crust
€ 9,00
MAIORCHINO D.O.P.
The most mature cheese of the Island. It’s seasoned for a long period, up to 24 months. Whey has been extracted from the paste through speedy and in sequence drilling, using the “minaccino”
€ 12,00
RAGUSANO D.O.P.
Ragusano DOP cheese is a stretched-curd cheese. It is produced with whole raw cow's milk.
The milk from one or more milkings is coagulated with lamb rennet
€ 9,00
TASTE OF 5 HISTORICAL SICILIAN CHEESE TYPES
€ 18,00
Our Cheese is served with jams, honey and wine.
On the plates you find the ingredients from our land,
selected, embellished, decorated, served with simplicity and modesty
but with the care of those who love their own profession.
Enjoy your meal!
Chef Giorgio Rimmaudo
e lo Staff della Terrazza del Grand Hotel Ortigia