MAMMA MARIA menu

Zuppa

** Roasted Fennel & Bay Scallop

Roasted fennel and red bell pepper soup with pan-seared Nantucket bay scallops, 12

Primi

Antipasto
**Changing presentation of premium warm and cold antipasti including cured meats,
grilled seafood, roasted vegetables and handmade Italian specialties
Platter (for two), 28
Tower (for four), 45

Oysters & Caviar

Damariscotta Winterport oysters baked with prosecco zabaglione and finished with
imported Italian caviar, 16

Calamari
Grilled squid with a savory salad of sweet roasted fennel and graffiti eggplant, 13

Duck & Ravioli

Slow-roasted duckling over house-made fig and Gorgonzola ravioli , 14

Carpaccio
Sirloin carpaccio with shaved Parmigiano, salt-cured capers and extra-virgin olive oil, 15

Mozzarella & Ricotta

Sampler of creamy imported fresh buffalo milk cheeses from Naples --drizzled with extra
virgin olive oil, sea salt and cracked black pepper, 14

INSALATE

Winter Salad
Warm salad of baby tri-colored heirloom potatoes with wilted purple watercress, 13

**Mushroom Salad
Marinated baby clamshell mushrooms tossed with extra virgin olive oil and shaved black
truffle, 16

Arugula
Verrill Farm arugula with a warm pan-sauce of smoked bacon, aged goat cheese, and
sliced tangerines, 10

Bibb Salad
Crisp Boston lettuce wedge with lemon pistachio vinaigrette 9.5

PRINCIPALLI

Pasta

Bolognese
Mountain-style Bolognese with homemade porcini pasta, 26

Asparagus
Homemade asparagus and pecorino ravioli with roasted asparagus and fresh pea
tendrils, 27

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**Rabbit
Classic Tuscan pappardelle pasta with roasted Sonoma rabbit and fresh rosemary, 28

Wild Mushrooms
Handmade wild mushroom tortelloni with a savory ragu of exotic and hand-foraged wild
mushrooms 28 Lobster
Silky pasta dumplings, filled with fresh Maine lobster and finished with black trumpet
mushrooms and crumbled guancale, 36

Pesce

Cod
Extra-fancy Chatham, Massachusetts cod with a braised medley of Maine lobster,
calamari, and risotto nero, 30

Tuna
Grilled yellow-fin tuna, puttanesca-style over homemade squid-ink linguini with tomato,
olives, capers and fresh anchovy, 29

Carne

Pork
French-cut, bone-in, pan-seared pork loin with a sweet fig jam, roasted apple and
artesanal barley, 28

Sardinian Lamb
Saracen-inspired lamb couscous with a wood-grilled chop, Merguez sausage, pan-
seared lamb kibbe, and oven-roasted turnips, 29

**Osso Buco
Veal shank osso buco in the classic-style with saffron risotto Milanese, 38

Chicken
Oven-roasted whole spring chicken with baby Brussels sprouts, roasted Vidalia onions
and black lentils, 27

Beef
**Grilled Black Angus beef tenderloin with Hudson Valley foie gras, roasted asparagus
and baked macaroni, 33

** Our Signature Dishes

DOLCI

Summertime fresh strawberries, blackberries and raspberries - drizzled with sweet vin
cotto and brown sugar 9

Grilled sweet coconut bread with a warm chocolate glaze and a scoop of homemade
coconut gelato 8

Venetian-style tiramisu layered with crushed amaratini cookies, Cinzano and

mascarpone 7.5

Cow, goat and sheep's milk cheeses from small farm producers in Italy 10.5

Warm chocolate torte with homemade wild mint gelato 8.5

Espresso panna cotta with burnt caramel sauce and warm biscotti 8

Classic crème brulee with honeyed raspberries 8

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