Essenza Menu

Some flavours do not love haste. Our cuisine is born here, now: every dish is prepared at the moment, because we believe that quality and freshness deserve time and attention.

Let yourself be accompanied by the awareness that you are tasting a unique experience, thought and crafted just for you.

Raw Seafood

Cuttlefish Julienne
5,00Cad

(Allergens: 14)*

Ionian Langoustine
6,00Cad

(Allergens: 2)*

Purple Shrimp
6,00Cad

(Allergens: 2)*

Gillardeau Oyster
7,00Cad

(Allergens: 14)

Il Nudo e Crudo
40,00

Fresh fish, molluscs, crustaceans and bivalves according to the day's catch. Quantity based on daily market price. (Allergens: 2, 4, 14)*

Il Nudo e Crudo Grande
60,00

Fresh fish, molluscs, crustaceans and bivalves according to the day's catch. Quantity based on daily market price. (Allergens: 2, 4, 14)*

Il Nudo e Crudo magnum to share
100,00

Fresh fish, molluscs, crustaceans and bivalves according to the day's catch. Quantity based on daily market price. (Allergens: 2, 4, 14)*

White Truffle

The prized white truffle, the “diamond of the kitchen”. Its season is eagerly awaited by food lovers: this treasure of nature, with its unique flavour, grows only for a short time each year.

Discover the unique taste of the prized white truffle from the Serrapotamo.

Supplement €4 per gram.

Starters

PETTOLA & SASHIMI
16,00

Traditional Lucanian pettolina, tuna sashimi and stracciatella (Allergens: 1, 4 and 7)

Marinated salmon and zucchini
16,00

(Allergens: 4)

Triglia panata al panko NEW
16,00

Crispy fillet of rock red mullet coated in panko with our guacamole sauce. (Allergens: 1 and 4)

Cipolla ripiena di mare New
18,00

Onion stuffed with grouper and prawns. (Allergens: 1, 2, 4 and 7)

Percorso di Mare recommended
20,00

A journey through 5 experiences selected by Chef Enza Crucinio. (Allergens: 1, 2, 4, 7 and 14)*

Carpaccio di Black Angus new
20,00

Carpaccio of American black angus, podolica stracciatella, baby spinach, hazelnuts (Allergens: 7)

First Courses

Novità in carta!

Spaghettone mantecato all’aglio nero, con tartare di tonno rosso, katsobushi e polvere di finocchietto selvatico.

Singola Condivisa
Manate al tartufo New
40,0060,00

Homemade pasta with butter and White Truffle of Serrapotamo (Allergens: 1 and 7)

+Add White Truffle of Serrapotamo €4/gram

Singola Condivisa
Cacio e Pepe con Gambero Rosso signature
18,0027,00

Paccheri pasta with Moliterno pecorino sauce, pepper, thyme, lemon zest and red prawn. (Allergens: 1, 7 and 2)*

Pop-art
18,0027,00

Gragnano pennoni with cuttlefish ink, fresh julienned cuttlefish, red beetroot powder and saffron sour cream. (Allergens: 1, 2, 7 and 14)

Caviale di melanzane e cozze tarantine NEW
20,0030,00

Risotto with roasted eggplant cream, mussels from Taranto with their sauce, mint oil and smoked white chocolate. (Allergens: 7 and 14)

Sottobosco New
20,0030,00

Egg tagliolini creamed in Parmesan broth, roe deer ragù and porcini powder. (Allergens: 1, 3 and 7)

*The shared portion is approximately equivalent to one and a half portions.

“Choosing the right wine pairing with your dishes is like dancing with the perfection of flavours. Let our sommelier guide you through an extraordinary food and wine journey, where every sip will enhance the notes of your meal and every drop of wine will blend harmoniously with every bite.”

Main Courses

Pesce Fresco all'amo
6,50l'etto

Discover today's catch selection, prepared salt-baked or in light tomato broth. (Allergens: 4)*

Tagliata di Manzo
8,00 l'etto

Beef 300-350g served with chips and mixed vegetables. (Allergens: 1 and 9)

Polpo Ubriaco New
18,00

Octopus stewed in Aglianico wine, bread croutons with oregano from the Pollino. (Allergens: 1, 9, 12 and 14)

Tagliata di Tonno
20,00

Seared tuna with pumpkin cream and crispy Lucanian capocollo (Allergens: 4)*

Frittura orto-mare crispy
22,00

Mixed fry of squid, cuttlefish, small fish and vegetables. (Allergens: 1, 4 and 14)*

Zuppa 4.0
22,00

Our reinterpretation of fish soup. Sauce reduced from the bones, served with raw fish to preserve all its virtues. (Allergens: 1, 2, 4 and 14)

Sides

Potato chips
4,00
Mixed salad
5,00
Side of the day
6,00

Seasonal vegetable based on daily availability.

Desserts

Lemon Sorbet
3,00

(Allergens: 7)

Babbà New
6,00

Neapolitan babà with vanilla chantilly cream and sour cherries. Alcoholic syrup (Allergens: 1, 3 and 7)

Nuvola di Tonka
6,00

Coconut dacquoise, Madagascar vanilla chantilly cream and tonka bean (Allergens: 3, 7 and 8)

Ricotta e Fichi New
6,00

Podolica ricotta mousse, filo pastry, fig jam and organic bee pollen dust. (Allergens: 1 and 7)

Fammitù will you take the challenge?
7,00

All the ingredients at your disposal to compose the best tiramisù right at the table. (Allergens: 1, 3 and 7)

Fresh Seasonal Fruit
7,00

Selection of fresh fruit based on daily availability.

Beverages

Caffè
1,50

Espresso

Estathé al Limone
2,50

Lemon iced tea

Estathé alla Pesca
2,50

Peach iced tea

Acqua San Pellegrino
3,00

Sparkling mineral water

Acqua Panna
3,00

Still mineral water

Coca Cola
3,00
Coca Cola Zero
3,00
Fanta
3,00
Amaro Arànciu 4 cl
4,00

Sicilian orange bitter

Amaro LUMIA 4 cl
4,00

Citrus & herbs bitter

Amaro Lucano 4 cl
4,50

Lucanian herbal bitter

Amaro JEFFERSON 4 cl
4,50

Italian amaro with rum notes

Amaro EBO LEBO 4 cl
5,00

Sardinian myrtle bitter

Cover charge 3.00

EEC Regulation 1169/2016 D.L. 109 of 27 January 1992 section III – D.L. no. 114/2006. Our dishes may contain allergens. Please inform our staff in advance of any food allergies or intolerances, or if you are following a vegetarian diet. All dishes may contain traces of sesame or soy and contain monosodium glutamate. Wines and beverages may contain sulphites.

*FROZEN PRODUCTS Some ingredients in our dishes (marked with *) may be frozen at origin or purchased fresh and blast-frozen by us for proper preservation in accordance with health regulations.

Allergens

List of allergenic ingredients used in this establishment and listed in Annex II of EU Reg. no. 1169/2001 – “substances or products causing allergies or intolerances”.

  1. Cereals containing gluten and derived products (wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, kamut).
  2. Crustaceans and products based on crustaceans.
  3. Eggs and egg-based products.
  4. Fish and fish-based products.
  5. Peanuts and peanut-based products.
  6. Soy and soy-based products.
  7. Milk and milk-based products.
  8. Nuts and their products (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecans, Brazil nuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts)
  9. Celery and celery-based products.
  10. Mustard and mustard-based products.
  11. Sesame seeds and sesame-based products.
  12. Sulphites in concentrations greater than 10 mg/kg.
  13. Lupins and lupin-based products.
  14. Molluscs and mollusc-based products.

You will find in the menu the allergens listed above marked with the corresponding identification number.

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