Another wonderful meal at Altura, and another marvel on creativity. Enjoy!
Small plates (clockwise): duck liver and whipped Campari, fermented potato with caviar and nasturdium; rosemary grissini with mortadella, bresaola, coppa and lomo
More small plates (from back to front): quail egg with mochama, melon soup, smoked mussel, sockeye salmon and gnocchi fritto
Bone marrow roasted beets, and a cold tomato soup with goat ricotta
Risotto with fennel sausage, vegetables and saffron
House-baked farro bread, with black truffle butter, duck liver stuffed inside mushrooms and chanterelle
Palate cleanser of tarragon granite with blueberries and lime, followed by entrée of rack of lamb with charred cabbage
Robiola la Tur, Italian soft ripen cheese stuffed in squash blossom and baked, with 2 kinds of honey and parmesan crisps
Three desserts: bourbon caramel semifreddo with coffee, mashmallow and banana; Affogato with vanilla semifreddo and Canoli
Chocolate assortment Grappa soaked cherries, marsala preserved figs, and white chocolate raspberry truffle.
~A wonderful 3-hour of gastronomy!