Personal Chef Services

All prepared in the true style of Tuscany with the freshest ingredients available!

Appetizers

• Bruschetta - tomatoes, garlic, basil & olive oil on Tuscan bread slices
• Crostini - grilled bell peppers & mushrooms on Tuscan bread slices
• Prosciutto e melone- thinly sliced cured ham & cantaloupe
• Seared swordfish - thinly sliced drizzled with olive oil & lemon juice
• Tartine - open slices of bread topped with a composition of meat and/or vegetables

Soups & Salads

• Insalata verde - mixed baby greens and tomatoes with an authentic Tuscan dressing
• Insalata mista - Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, celery & pine nuts with a Balsamic vinaigrette
• Minestrone - Tuscan farmhouse chunky bean vegetable soup
• Passato di verdura - creamy green leafy vegetable soup served with homemade Tuscan bread croutons

Pasta & Rice Dishes

• Farfalle al pesto - bow tie pasta with a fresh basil pesto sauce
• Pasta al forno - Tuscan lasagne (meat or meatless)
• Penne or Spaghetti- Prepared with a choice of fish, meat, porcini mushroom or tomato sauce
• Ravioli - homemade fresh pasta stuffed with either spinach & cheese or meat & cheese
• Risotto ai funghi porcini - rice in a creamy porcini mushroom sauce

Meats, Seafoods & Eggs

Beef
• Arrosto - baked beef roast served with garlic & rosemary roast potatoes
• Bistecca alla fiorentina - grilled thinly sliced T-bone steak
• Braciole impanate - egg washed & breaded thin slices of fried beef

Chicken
• Pollo alla cacciatora - chicken pieces simmered in a light fresh tomato sauce 
                                served with steamed potatoes
• Pollo alla griglia - grilled chicken with fresh Tuscan herbs served with a green salad
• Pollo alla marsala - breast of chicken simmered in sage & butter with Marsala wine
                            served with roast potatoes
• Pollo arrosto al limone - whole broasted chicken with fresh herbs & lemon
                                   served with steamed vegetables

Lamb
• Agnello arrosto - oven roasted lamb shank or chops served with coucous

Pork
• Maiale arrosto - roast pork in Tuscan spices
                         served with green leafy vegetables & roast potatoes

Fish
• Grigliata mista - grilled prawns, seabass & halibut
                         served with lemon rice & a green salad with lemon vinaigrette
• Polpette di salmone - salmon patties served with baked potatoes
• Trancia di pesce arrosto - fillet of fish baked with fresh tomatoes & potatoes

Eggs
• Francesina di cipolle e pomodori - battered eggs in a fresh onion & tomato sauce
• Frittata di spinaci - egg torte with finely chopped spinach served with a fresh green salad
• Frittata di zucchine - egg torte with sliced zucchini squash served with a fresh tomato salad

Vegetables
• Fagioli lessi - steamed beans flavored with Tuscan spices
• Fagioli rifatti - refried beans in a fresh garlic & tomato sauce
• Fagiolini lessi - steamed string beans drizzled with extra virgin olive oil & fresh lemon juice
• Funghi trifolati - lightly stewed mushrooms with garlic, Tuscan herbs & wine
• Melanzane alla parmigiana - baked or fried eggplant in fresh tomato sauce & parmigian cheese
• Patate arrosto - potato chunks roasted in garlic & rosemary
• Patate lesse - steamed or boiled potatoes
• Patate puree - mashed potatoes
• Peperonni ripieni - bell peppers stuffed with rice & ground beef
• Pomodori ripieni - fresh tomatoes stuffed with rice & herbs
• Spinaci al burro - spinach sauteed in butter

Desserts
• Biscotti di Prato - twice baked almond cookies
• Crostata alla cioccolata - shortbread chocolate tarte
• Crostata alla marmellata - shortbread apricot, raspberry or strawberry tarte
• Tiramisù- lady finger cookies smothered in coffee, cream & Tuscan liqueurs
                topped with shaved dark chocolate
• Torta di mandorle - raspberry almond tarte
• Torta di mele - a simple and delicious farmhouse apple cake

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