SAN VALENTINO - La festa degli innamorati
italian Valentine's Day at Vienna
the menu:
Stuzzichino
Greetings from the kitchen
Salmone di Venere - Tartara di salmone con avocado e fragole, salsa al cocco e fiori di capperi
Salmon tartare with avocado, strawberries, coconut sauce and caper flowers
or
Carpaccio di manzo, mousse di gorgonzola, noci tostate e coulis di lamponi
Beef carpaccio with gorgonzola mousse, toasted walnuts and raspberry coulis
Ravioli di patata viola, salsa di asiago e pepe rosa e coulis di pomodoro arrosto
Purple potato ravioli with roasted tomato coulis and Asiago cheese and pink peppercorn cream
Branzino in crosta di pane aromatico, patate e zucchini al forno, salsa bianca al vino Gavi e mousse di barbabietola
Sea bass fillet baked in a bread crust with sautéed potatoes and zucchini, Gavi white wine sauce and beetroot mousse
or
Medaglione di cinghiale, pure di patate ai lamponi e riduzione di fondo bruno e Porto
Wild boar medallion, mashed potatoes with raspberry and port wine jus
Dolce di Cupido - Mousse di cioccolato bianco, cantuccini al marsala, gelée di pompelmo rosa e Ribis
White chocolate mousse with Marsala cantuccini, pink grapefruit jelly and Ribis
EUR 59,- /per person
The history of Valentines Day
On Valentine's Day we celebrate one of the most popular saints in the world! you know him as patron saint of lovers, but who was St. Valentine?
Valentino from Interamna was bishop and a Christian martyr from the town of Terni. He became bishop in 197 after converting to Christianity. Historical sources report that in 270, while Valentino was in Rome to preach the Gospel and to convert the heathen, the emperor Claudius II invited him to the ritual of the "blessing of the spouses' conduct. He refused brave and remained faithful his Christian principles. His popularity soared in the population. The Emperor could not tolerate this and let him pass by Roman soldiers, away from prying eyes, to bring him out of town. No one knows with certainty whether it was 270 or 273 when he was beheaded. His remains rest in a glass case on the hill to the Basilica of Terni with the inscription "San Valentino - patron saint of love."
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