Slideshow: Spiaggia’s Reimagined Classics Pasta Tasting Menu
You might think six courses of pasta would be carb overload, especially when the menu items are listed as “spaghetti marinara” and “stuffed shells.” But the seasonal pasta tasting menu served at the Michelin-starred Spiaggia is a different beast. After last season’s menu dedicated to filled pastas, the upscale Italian restaurant is moving on to reinvented Italian-American classics. That spaghetti marinara gets finished with a slab of uni and stuffed shells are filled with nettles and basil-fed snails. A bonus: the $95 dinners, with optional $55 wine pairings, are more affordable than the traditional tasting menu at the Obamas’ favorite date night spot.
Acini di Pepe pasta with spring vegetables, pecorino Toscano and Barilotto ricotta
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones
Giuseppe Cocco spaghetti with yellow tomato sauce, sea urchin, fried ghost shrimp and arugula
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones
Hand-cut fettuccine pasta with Parmigiano Reggiano and crispy Jidori chicken skin
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones
Shell pasta filled with ricotta, porcini, nettles and basil fed snails
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Braised veal with roasted flour tagliolini, burrata, San Marzano tomato and Parmigiano Reggiano
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones
Semi frozen mousse of strawberry, pistachio and coconut with lemon pizzelle cookies
Photo: Eugene (Huge) Galdones