The watchtower of the new Sicilian restaurant scene is in the centre of Bagheria. Any worthwhile search will lead you to the very heart of the most authentic Italian food traditions, which distinguish both our hospitality and our cooking process. A renewed spirit of conviviality and wonder awaits you in our restaurant and we look forward to welcoming you to this taste experience.
AN EXPERIENCE
CLOSE TO THE HEART
Via Ciro Scianna 177
Bagheria 90011
Bagheria 90011
+39 0916496288
+39 3930803757
+39 3930803757
NINO FERRERI
AND THE BRIGADE
The young chef Antonino Ferreri – Nino to his friends – was born in 1989 in Trabia, in the province of Palermo. He first developed a fondness for cooking as a teenager, thanks partly to a family firmly grounded in the great Sicilian traditions. Growing up in a region where cooking and eating are a shared daily experience, and in the Ferreri household, where importance is given to a love of good food, young Nino nurtured his passion and developed it into a career. He has practised his profession in important restaurants in Italy and abroad, where, apart from learning technique, he nourished his gourmet soul, witnessing first-hand the biodiversity, extraordinary variety of ingredients, and the great traditions of regional cooking, both in Italy and beyond the Alps.
Opening a restaurant is not a journey’s end, but rather a new beginning, a new life. For Nino Ferreri this means applying himself not only as a chef but also as entrepreneur. The restaurant is housed in one of the most interesting historical sites in the city of Bagheria, a few metres from the Arco della Santissima Trinità, or Arco del Padre Eterno. It retains the charm of the Torre Ferrante, which dates back to 1565, being one of the seven towers used in the 1500s to defend the city.
THE CUISINE:
FRESH, PRACTICAL, AND MAKING THE BEST USE OF RAW MATERIALS
Tradition, territory, technique and talent. These are the four Ts of Nino Ferreri’s cooking, which is also fresh and practical, and makes the best use of raw materials. His cuisine is simple, in terms of both the number of ingredients and the techniques employed, with a style that is essential yet rich in content, where dishes are planned and prepared to exalt the taste of each single ingredient. If that means being less innovative, so be it: Chef Ferreri’s only goal is to make the best of what nature has to offer.
The menu is rigorously seasonal, and changed every two months, apart from some signature dishes which, depending on the period, are rotated but then repeated, like the Reginette al Ragù di Moscardino e Spuma di Ricotta (Reginette pasta with baby octopus ragù and ricotta mousse), Sgombro in Crosta di Sale Nero (salt-baked mackerel), sweet and sour pumpkin, white wine and rosemary sauce and desserts that include the ‘Carpa Girgentana’. Dishes are based on local products, giving prominence to a selection of small artisan suppliers and controlled and sustainable supply chains.
LIMU CUISINE
WATERMELON AND WATERMELONS
Marinateci amberjack, Sicilian cucumber panzanella and watermelon gazpacho
EGG AND EGGS
Cow tartare, salted eggnog, summer mixed salad and caviar
OPPOSITES ATTRACT
Roasted veal tongue, raw red prawns and champagne scuce
I HEAR THE SEA INSIDE A SHELL
Potato cappuccino with lemon, shellfish scuce, seaweed salad and marine powdeers
SLEEP NIGHTS
"White" rice cooked in tomato water and pizzaiola raw scampi
TWINE IN GREEN
"Donna ltriya" spaghetti, herb pesto, concentration of walled octopus, garlic and lemon
RABBIT IN THE WOOD... IN A TORTELLO
Ravioli with rabbit cacciatore, supreme sauce with mushrooms, wild blackberries and wild herbs
MUSSELS AND TENERUMI
Potato gnocchi, tenerumi, mussels and burnt tomato
FISH IN CRUST
Mackerel poached in black salt, grilled aubergine and white wine and rosemary sauce
REMEMBER OF A CAMPAIGN
Coal-cooked black pork crepinette, peppers and lemon jus
ROSSINI-STYLE CHICKEN
Corn rooster stuffed with herbs and truffles, lettuce, Marsala sauce and foie gras
THE SONG OF THE SUN
Skewered lobster, courgettes, courgette flower and Enna saffron bouillabaisse
CHOCOLATE, FIGS AND TUMMINIA
Creamy dark chocolate, Marsala marinated figs, fig sorbet and
caramelized Tumminia bread
GIRGENTANA GOAT
Parfait of Girgentana goat robiola, cherries in wine and salted caramel
ROSE FLOWERS, PEACH FLOWERS
Peach cooked in olive oil, almond cream, roses and vanilla ice cream
LIKE A TIRAMISU
Mascarpone mousse, restricted coffee and latte ice cream
WELCOME SNACKS
EGG AND EGGS
Cow tartare, salted eggnog, summer mixed salad and caviar
OPPOSITES ATTRACT
Roasted veal tongue, raw red prawns and champagne sauce
I HEAR THE SEA INSIDE A SHELL
Potato cappuccino with lemon, shellfish sauce, seaweed salad
and marine dust
SLEEP NIGHTS
"White" rice cooked in tomato water and pizzaiola raw scampi
RABBIT IN THE WOOD... IN A TORTELLO
Rabbit chasseur ravioli, mushroom supreme sauce, wild blackberries
and wild herbs
FISH IN CRUST
Mackerel poached in black salt, grilled aubergine and white wine and rosemary sauce
REMEMBER OF A CAMPAIGN
Coal-cooked black pork crepinette, peppers and lemon jus
PREDESSERT
CHOCOLATE, FIGS AND TUMMINIA
Creamy dark chocolate, Marsala marinated figs, fig sorbet and
caramelized Tumminia bread
PETITE FOUR
Possibility of pairing wines
WELCOME SNACKS
WATERMELON AND WATERMELONS
Marinated amberjack, Sicilian cucumber panzanella and watermelon gazpacho
I HEAR THE SEA INSIDE A SHELL
Potato cappuccino with verdello lemon, shell ragout, seaweed salad
and marine powders
SLEEP NIGHTS
"White" rice cooked in tomato water and raw scampi alla pizzaiola
TWINE IN GREEN
"Donna ltriya" spaghetti, herb pesto, concentration of walled octopus,
garlic and lemon
THE SONG OF THE SUN
Skewered lobster, courgettes, courgette flowers and bouillabaisse
with Enna saffron
PREDESSERT
ROSE FLOWERS, PEACH FLOWERS
Peach cooked in olive oil, almond cream, roses and vanilla ice cream
PETITE FOUR
Possibility of pairing wines
5-course free-style menu from the kitchen
Possibility of pairing wines
5-course vegetarian menu prepared by the kitchen
Possibility of pairing wines
WELCOME
AT OUR RESTAURANT
Tuesday to Thursday:7.30pm – 10.30pm
Friday and Saturday: 12.30pm – 2.30pm and 7.30pm – 10.30pm
Sunday: 12.30pm – 2.30pm
+39 0916496288
+39 3930803757
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