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!
The Appetizers
CHF | |
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Grotto Appetizer
Pâté del Grotto – Head salami with green sauce |
21.- |
Chopping board of local cured meats,
with homemade giardiniera |
19.- |
Tomino in prosciutto coat | 14.- |
CHF | |
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Bruschetta with tomato and basil | 12.- |
Nostrano pork sausages | 11.- |
Steak Tartare 150 gr. / 200 gr. | 34.- |
Grotto pâté, with croutons, garnished | 16.- |
Zucchini flowers stuffed with fondue, fried | 19.- |
Fresh artichoke salad, with slivers of Grana Padano cheese | 18.- |
Green asparagus parmesan style | 14.- |
Salads
CHF | |
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Chicory salad | 12.50 |
Chicory and tomato salad | 12.50 |
Grotto Mixed Salad | 12.50 |
CHF | |
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Salad of auburn tomatoes | 12.50 |
Assortment of grilled vegetables | 18.- |
First Dishes
CHF | |
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Cream of asparagus with croutons | 16.- |
Asparagus flan with fondue | 16.- |
Risotto with luganighetta, porcini mushrooms, saffron and Merlot del Ticino | 22.- |
Ravioli della Nonna with tomato sauce, butter, macaroons and raisins | 22.- |
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Taglierini with asparagus and morels | 22.- |
Pappardelle alla boscaiola | 22.- |
Polenta and ricotta gnocchi with white rabbit sauce | 22.- |
Fish Second Courses
CHF | |
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Alborella with fries | 24.- |
Perch fillet with butter and sage | 32.- |
Frog legs, trifoliated | 32.- |
CHF | |
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Pikeperch escalope with potatoes, cherry tomatoes, artichokes | 34.- |
Battered perch fillet, deep fried | 32.- |
Meat main courses
CHF | |
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Braised beef tenderloin, with porcini mushrooms and polenta |
34.- |
Pork chop, Milanese style |
29.- |
Veal liver alla Veneta |
32.- |
Stewed snails with polenta |
32.- |
CHF | |
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Veal escalope with creamy porcini mushrooms |
38.- |
Porcini mushrooms trifolati, with polenta | 32.- |
Pork ribs braised in red wine, with polenta |
29.- |
Veal patties with risotto |
29.- |
From the Grid
(subject to availability)
ANGUS BEEF SWISS | CHF |
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Rib approx. 800/1000 gr. | hg. 11.50 |
Fiorentina steak approx. 800/1000 gr. | hg. 12.50 |
SWISS RUMP | CHF |
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Rib approx. 800/1000 gr. | hg. 11.50 |
Fiorentina steak approx. 800/1000 gr. | hg. 12.50 |
Specialties
CHF | |
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Beef picaña Min. 2 pers. | p.p. 39.- |
Sliced beef entrecôte with Maldon salt and balsamic cream | 39.- |
Pork Luganighetta, homemade | 24.- |
Beef tenderloin | 48.- |
Grotto skewe, with vegetables and grilled potatoes | 36.- |
Polenta
CHF | |
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Polenta and milk | 10.- |
Polenta and eggs “in Cereghin” | 15.- |
Polenta and creamy gorgonzola cheese | 16.- |
Polenta Concia with cheese, garlic, butter and sage | 9.- |
Polenta with gorgonzola cheese and fried egg | 25.- |
Desserts & Ice Creams
CHF | |
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Homemade tarts | 9.- |
Apple pie with ice cream | 11.- |
Creme Caramel | 10.- |
Panna cotta with berries | 12.- |
Strawberry Panna Cotta | 10.- |
Semi-frozen meringue cake with chocolate sauce | 9.- |
CHF | |
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Mascarpone cream tiramisu | 11.- |
Walnut ice cream with Nocino | 9.- |
Fresh berries | 11.- |
Fresh strawberries | 9.- |
Selection of sorbets | 11.- |
Cassata semifredda | 9.- |
Cheeses
CHF | |
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Muggio Valley Büsciun | 7.50 |
Piora Alpine Pasture Cheese | 12.- |
Formagella Grassa Crenga | 10.- |
CHF | |
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Creamy Gorgonzola | 10.- |
Mixed cheese | 16.- |
Iva 7,7% inclusa.