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
Fall appetizer from the Grotto to share

Paté del Grotto – Head salami with green sauce
Salametto nostrano – Zucchini flower stuffed with fondue, fried
Crostone with porcini mushrooms – Sciatt and slinzega with chicory

32.-
Chopping board of local cured meats,

with homemade giardiniera

21.-
Artichoke salad with parmesan shavings and pomegranate 15.-
Pork salami 11.-
CHF
Bruschetta with tomato and basil 14.-
Grotto pâté garnished 16.-
Sciatt and slinzega with chicory 21.-
Zucchini flowers stuffed with fondue, fried 16.-

Salads

CHF
Chicory salad 12.50
Chicory and tomato salad 12.50
Salad of auburn tomatoes 12.50
CHF
Formentino saladWith hard-boiled egg, croutons and crispy bacon 15.-
Grotto mixed salad 12.50

First Dishes

CHF
Risotto with luganighetta, porcini mushrooms, saffron and Merlot del Ticino 23.-
Vegetable soup 17.-
Pasta with porcini mushrooms 23.-
Raviolini piemontesi with tomato sauce, butter, macaroons and raisins 23.-
  CHF
Artichoke flan with fondue and crispy bacon 19.-
Potato gnocchi with Zincarlin cream 23.-
Taglierini with artichokes and shrimp tails 28.-

Main courses

  CHF

Alborelle with fries

24.-

Perch fillet with butter and sage

36.-

Pikeperch escalopes with potatoes, cherry tomatoes, capers and olives

36.-
Pork chop Milanese style 34.-
CHF

Braised beef tenderloin, with porcini mushrooms and polenta

36.-
Veal liver Veneta style 36.-

Veal escalopes with creamy porcini mushrooms

43.-

From the Grid

(subject to availability)

SWISS SCOTTONA CHF
Rib approx. 800/1000 gr. hg. 12.50
Fiorentina steak approx. 800/1000 gr. hg. 13.50

Served with baked potatoes and grilled vegetables

Specialties

CHF
Beef picaña Min. 2 pers. p.p. 42.-
Sliced beef entrecôte with Maldon salt and balsamic cream 39.-
Pork Luganighetta, homemade 24.-

Polenta

CHF
Polenta and milk 10.-
Trifoliated porcini mushrooms, with polenta 32.-
Polenta and creamy gorgonzola cheese 16.-
CHF
Polenta Concia with cheese, garlic, butter and sage 25.-
Trifoliated porcini mushrooms, with polenta 32.-

Desserts & Ice Creams

  CHF
Strüdel with vanilla cream 12.-
Creme Caramel 10.-
Panna Cotta with marrons glacés 13.-
Chestnuts glazed with cream and schnapps 13.-
CHF
Mascarpone cream tiramisu 11.-
Walnut ice cream with Nocino 12.-
Selection of sorbets 12.-
Semi-frozen meringue cake with chocolate sauce 9.-
Semi-frozen cassata 9.-

Cheeses

CHF
Muggio Valley Büsciun 8.50
Alpine Pasture Cheese 16.-
Formagella Grassa Crenga 12.-
CHF
Creamy Gorgonzola 12.-
Mixed cheese 22.-

Iva 8,1%  inclusa.