Menu

Cuisine and local ingredients coexist in a natural balance that celebrates Sicilian identity, the rhythms of the seasons, and always tells the story of one place: ours.

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Starters

Tenuta Carminello Ristorante Valverde La Cucina del Bosco
Tenuta Carminello Ristorante Valverde Menu Flan di Funghi

The Tipsy Egg under the Volcano

13

65° egg over a seasonal vegetable velouté, crispy bread crumble, and a basil-infused salted gin mist from Etna. 1, 3

"Maritato" Pepper

12

Baked roasted pepper terrine, Ragusano DOP cheese fondue, and caper powder. 3, 7

Shepherd's Golden Nuggets

12

Panko-fried Tuma cheese, acacia honey, thyme. 1, 7

Farmer's Memory

14

Black pork and Etna apple croquette with a Nerello Mascalese wine reduction. 1, 12

Knife-Cut Beef Tartare

16

Hand-cut beef tartare, fried egg yolk, stracciatella cheese. 1, 3, 7

Carminello's Board

24

A selection of regional cured meats and cheeses, accompanied by traditional preserves, acacia honey, dried fruit, and fresh seasonal fruit. 7, 8, 12

The Outsider

15

A journey through the day's market finds and the chef's inspiration of the moment. Ask your server for today's special.

First Courses

Tenuta Carminello Ristorante Valverde Menu Risotto

Busiata "Zucchini and Burratina"

14

Busiate pasta with zucchini cream and crispy zucchini chips, smoked burratina cheese, and toasted breadcrumbs. 1, 7

Norma Went Hunting

16

Tagliatella pasta with wild boar white ragù, smoked eggplant cream, salted ricotta cheese cream. 1, 7, 12

Etna in White

18

Casarecce pasta, pistachio pesto, crispy black pork guanciale, and lemon cream. 1, 7, 8

Cavatelli in the Feud

16

Fresh cavatelli pasta with rabbit ragù deglazed in white wine, slow-braised in Sicilian tomato sauce with wild Etna herbs, finished with shaved Nebrodi pecorino cheese. 1, 7, 12

Risotto of the day

18

The beating heart of our table, reinterpreted for the menu. Each day the Chef selects the finest local ingredients and our signature bases for a unique, slow-stirred creation. Ask your server about today's risotto.

Second Courses

Tenuta Carminello Ristorante Valverde Menu Tagliata Nerelo Mandorla

Our Flat iron steak

20

Beef shoulder marinated in wine with carrots, celery, onion, and sugar. Pan-seared and oven roast. The result is tender and flavorful. 9, 12

Bitter-sweet Rabbit in Summer

19

Prime rabbit cuts browned in a casserole with onion, celery, olives, and capers, then deglazed sweet-and-sour with vinegar and sugar, following the traditional Sicilian recipe. 9, 12

"Bosco e Sottobosco" Wild Boar

22

Sliced wild boar with a red berry reduction and toasted hazelnut powder. For those who feel a little like a predator. 8

"Nerello and Almonds" Steak

24

Sliced steak in a Nerello Mascalese wine reduction, with sweet-and-sour apples and toasted almonds. Elegance on the plate. 8, 12

Sides

Caramelized Onion

6

OTropea red onion, sugar, white wine, and vinegar. 12

"Roasted and Happy" Peppers

6

Roasted peppers with breadcrumbs, garlic, black olives, and capers. Cooked Catania-style, with all the love in the world and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. 1, 3, 7, 12

The Monsù's Caponata

8

Our historic recipe: eggplant, peppers, carrots, onions, celery, green olives, raisins, pine nuts, tomato paste, extra virgin olive oil, white wine vinegar, sugar, dark chocolate, salt, and white pepper. 8, 9, 12

Salads

"Catanese DOC" Salad

6

Tomato, Tropea onion, and a shower of ricotta salata cheese. 7

Mediterranean

18

Marinated beef carpaccio, smoked burrata, confit cherry tomatoes, toasted almonds, roasted lemon cream and orange blossom honey vinaigrette. 7, 8

Garden of the Hermitage

13

Red and yellow cherry tomatoes, roasted peppers, Giarratana onion, black olives, capers, salted ricotta flakes, fresh oregano and extra virgin olive oil.

Hazelnut grove

16

Lettuce, prosciutto, sweet gorgonzola, toasted walnuts, honey and balsamic vinegar reduction. 7, 8, 12
Tenuta Carminello Ristorante Valverde Menu Degustazione Sapori di Collina

Hillside Flavours

Tasting Menu

4 starters
Duet of first courses
Meat main course with side
Dessert

50 /P

As an accompaniment, house wines to choose from: Brigante (Nerello Mascalese), Santuario (Syrah), or Via del Bosco (Chardonnay) — glass €8 — bottle €25

Water and cover charge included. Other beverages not included.

Pizza

Gourmet Pan Pizza - Padellino

Double-baked: crispy outside, soft and airy inside. Always topped raw, after baking.

Tenuta Carminello Ristorante Valverde Menu Pizza Padellino

Hill Breeze

18

Hand-squeezed Andria burrata, mortadella, wild strawberry slices, a hint of balsamic cream, and pistachio powder. 1, 7, 8, 12

The sweet Oasis

16

Gorgonzola DOP cheese and walnut cream. Finished with fresh seasonal figs, 18-month Parma prosciutto, and a drizzle of orange blossom honey. 1, 7, 8

Chef's surprise

16

Different every day, always with the best ingredients available. Ask the staff for today's proposal.
Surcharges range from €1 to €4. Removing ingredients does not affect the price.

Dessert

Sorbet

6

Water, sugar, and seasonal fruit. May contain milk.. 7, 8

Sicilian Red (and a Touch of Frost)

7

The traditional watermelon jelly with chocolate drops and pistachio. Summer condensed into a spoonful. 7, 8

White That Spoils You

7

Sheep's milk ricotta cheese mousse, toasted almonds, and orange blossom honey. Light as a cloud. 7, 8

Chocolate Cremoso

7

With cream, mascarpone, cocoa and hazelnut. 7, 8

The "Green Gold" Tile

8

Pure pistachio semifreddo, salted shortcrust, and Trapani salt flakes. 1, 3, 7, 8

Sweet Cupboard

9

Just for today, one last sin to finish off your meal before coffee. Ask the wait staff for today's special.

To Finish

Coffee

2

Digestifs / Spirits

4-6

Bevande

Soft

Mineral Water

3

Still / Sparkling

Coca Cola

3

Original / Zero 33cl

Drink

Bottled Beer (Classic)

5-7

33cl Bottle. 1

Seasonal Craft Beer

8

33cl Bottle. 1

Wine by the Glass

8

White / Red / Sparkling. 12

Wine List

COVER CHARGE: €3

(*) Some ingredients listed on the menu, when not available fresh, may have been frozen at source or blast-chilled on site in accordance with EC Regulation No. 852/04.

In compliance with EU Regulation No. 1169/2011, guests are advised that the dishes and beverages served may contain ingredients or processing aids that could cause allergies or intolerances. Information on allergens (indicated in the appendix) is available in the Allergen Information Sheet or by asking a member of our serving team.

Tenuta Carminello Ristorante Location Eventi Valverde

The Event Hill

The panoramic setting of Valverde is the perfect backdrop for private parties, corporate events and informal ceremonies, all nestled in an evocative natural environment.

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