Menu
From homegrown cured meats and cheeses handcrafted by our trusted suppliers, to fresh homemade pasta, to meats selected and matured according to the Dry-Aged process in the special maturation cabinet, to lake fish, not to mention our delicious desserts: you’re sure to find your new favorite dish!
Starters
CHF | |
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Grotto starter
Paté del Grotto – Head salami with green sauce |
21.- |
Chopping board of local cured meats,
with homemade giardiniera |
21.- |
Pâté
with local ham and green asparagus |
26.- |
CHF | |
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Bruschetta with tomato and basil | 12.- |
Steak Tartare | 36.- |
Nostrano pork sausages | 11.- |
Sciatt and slinzega with chicory | 25.- |
Zucchini flowers stuffed with fondue, fried | 20.- |
Salads
CHF | |
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Chicory salad | 12.50 |
Chicory and tomato salad | 12.50 |
CHF | |
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Formentino salad | 12.50 |
Grotto mixed salad | 12.50 |
First Dishes
CHF | |
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Risotto with luganighetta, porcini mushrooms, saffron and Merlot del Ticino | 22.- |
Asparagus flan with fondue | 18.- |
Green asparagus Milanese style | 23.- |
CHF | |
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Ravioli della Nonna with tomato sauce, butter, macaroons and raisins | 22.- |
Pappardelle with porcini mushrooms | 23.- |
Old-fashioned potato gnocchi | 21.- |
Main courses
CHF | |
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Alborelle with fries |
24.- |
Perch fillet with butter and sage |
34.- |
Pikeperch escalopes with potatoes, cherry tomatoes, capers and olives |
34.- |
Frog legs, trifoliated |
32.- |
Pork chop, Milanese style |
32.- |
CHF | |
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Braised beef tenderloin, with porcini mushrooms and polenta |
34.- |
Veal liver Veneta style | 34.- |
Veal escalopes with creamy porcini mushrooms |
41.- |
Veal meatballs with risotto |
29.- |
Trifoliated porcini mushrooms with polenta |
34.- |
From the Grid
(subject to availability)
SWISS ANGUS BEEF | CHF |
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Rib approx. 800/1000 gr. | hg. 12.50 |
Fiorentina steak approx. 800/1000 gr. | hg. 13.50 |
Served with baked potatoes and grilled vegetables
SWISS SCOTTONA | CHF |
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Rib approx. 800/1000 gr. | hg. 12.50 |
Fiorentina steak approx. 800/1000 gr. | hg. 13.50 |
Argentine rib-eye approx. 300gr | 45.- |
Served with baked potatoes and grilled vegetables
Specialties
CHF | |
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Beef picaña Min. 2 pers. | p.p. 42.- |
Sliced beef entrecôte with Maldon salt and balsamic cream | 39.- |
Pork Luganighetta, homemade | 24.- |
Beef fillet 200gr with Valle Maggia pepper sauce |
48.- |
Polenta
CHF | |
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Polenta and milk | 10.- |
Polenta and eggs ‘in Cereghin’ | 15.- |
Polenta and creamy gorgonzola cheese | 16.- |
CHF | |
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Polenta Concia with cheese, garlic, butter and sage | 25.- |
Polenta with gorgonzola and fried egg | 25.- |
Desserts & Ice Creams
CHF | |
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Homemade tarts | 9.- |
Creme Caramel | 10.- |
Strawberry Panna Cotta | 11.- |
Semi-frozen cassata | 9.- |
Semi-frozen meringue cake with chocolate sauce | 9.- |
CHF | |
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Mascarpone cream tiramisu | 11.- |
Walnut ice cream with Nocino | 12.- |
Selection of sorbets | 12.- |
Cheeses
CHF | |
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Muggio Valley Büsciun | 8.50 |
Alpine Pasture Cheese | 16.- |
Formagella Grassa Crenga | 12.- |
CHF | |
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Creamy Gorgonzola | 12.- |
Mixed cheese | 22.- |
Iva 8,1% inclusa.