


INSPIRATION
This dish was born as an homage to Signora Franca, the historic chef of the restaurant, wife of Romano, and to her celebrated Pacchero alla trabaccolara: a classic of Viareggio that I myself would journey to enjoy as a child, with my family.
My reinterpretation springs from that affectionate and gastronomic memory, yet seeks a new lightness through the artistry of spices and aromatic herbs. The quest is to preserve the historicity and identity of the dish without weighing it down, allowing the soul of tradition to find a more contemporary expression.
The choice of the Calla di Gragnano arises precisely from this longing: compared to the pacchero, it offers a distinct, enveloping embrace, allowing for a complete tasting in a single, sublime bite. A shape that cradles the memory of the trabaccolara, yet imparts to it a new momentum, more immediate and intimate.
PORTIONS (FOR 4 PERSONS)
THE RECIPE
Sweet Tropea Onions
Piccadilly Tomatoes
Slipper Lobsters
Weever Fish
Stargazer Fish
Red Rock Mullet
Pandora Fish
Tub Gurnard
White Seabream
Fresh Chili Pepper
Thyme
Sweet Marjoram
Lesser Calamint
Dry White Wine
Dry White Wine
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Ice
Fresh Parsley Leaves
Grapeseed Oil
Salt
Datterini Tomatoes
Powdered Sugar
Garlic
Calle of Gragnano Pasta
Finely Minced Parsley
4
4
4
1
1
2
1
1
1
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
1 Glass
To taste
To taste
To taste
500 g
500 g
To taste
200 g
10 g
To taste
To taste
1 teaspoon
FOR THE TRABACCOLARA FISH ESSENCE
Sweet Tropea Spring Onions
Piccadilly Tomatoes
Slipper Lobsters
Weever Fish
Stargazer
Striped Rock Mullet
Pandora Snapper
Tub Gurnard
White Seabream
Fresh Chili Pepper
Thyme
Sweet Marjoram
Lesser Calamint
A chalice of dry white wine
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Crushed Ice
4
4
4
1
1
2
1
1
1
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
1 Glass
To taste
To taste
FOR THE ESSENCE OF PARSLEY INFUSED OIL
Parsley leaves, gently plucked
Grapeseed oil
A pinch of salt
500 g
500 g
To taste
FOR THE TOMATOES CONFIT
Datterini tomatoes
Confectioners' sugar
Garlic
Extra virgin olive oil
Thyme
Salt
200 g
10 g
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
FOR THE FINAL COMPOSITION OF THE DISH
Calle of Gragnano
Confit tomatoes
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Chili pepper
Dry white wine
Seafood broth in the Trabaccolara style
Salt
Fish fillets and Mediterranean slipper lobsters
Finely minced parsley
Parsley-infused oil
Lesser calamint
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
(prepared beforehand)
1 teaspoon
To taste
To taste
CURATION
For the trabaccolara fish essence:
Meticulously clean, eviscerate, descale, and fillet the fish, setting the precious fillets aside. Once the heads are freed of eyes and gills, submerge them alongside the bones in a vessel of water to steep in the cold of the refrigerator overnight, releasing any trace of blood and impurity. In a saucepan gilded with a thread of extra virgin olive oil, gently sweat the spring onions; introduce the well-washed heads and bones, allowing them to toast over a moderate flame for a few moments, taking care not to scorch them. Add the roughly chopped tomatoes and shroud the pan in ice of a sudden cold to evoke a thermal shock, enticing the deepest essences to emerge. Bring to a gentle boil, then lower the flame to let it simmer softly for some two hours. Filter this nectar through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing the remnants with reverence to capture every droplet of flavor; infuse with herbs, and set aside.For the parsley oil:
In a "thermomix," cradle the parsley in grapeseed oil with a pinch of salt, cooking for fifteen minutes to coax out the vibrant green of chlorophyll. Run the resulting oil through a fine sieve. Rest in the chill of the refrigerator overnight, allowing the oil to separate elegantly from its watery counterpart by nature's own hand, then transfer into a culinary squeezer.For the tomato confit:
Place the peeled cherry tomatoes in a baking dish, dressing them in extra virgin olive oil and a delicate dust of icing sugar. Season with salt, introduce thyme and garlic, and let them confit at 60°C for eight hours. Finally, preserve them in a bath of fine oil.For the final composition of the dish:
In a pan, encourage the confit cherry tomatoes to soften in a thread of extra virgin olive oil with a touch of chili, and deglaze with white wine. Pour in the trabaccolara essence and adjust the seasoning. Cook the Calle di Gragnano in abundant salted water, draining them whilst still al dente; complete their cooking in the pan, folding in the fish fillets, the freshly shelled mantis shrimp, and a teaspoon of freshly chopped parsley. Present the pasta in a shallow bowl cradled by the fish ragù, and adorn with droplets of parsley oil and a few delicate leaves of lesser calamint.
INSPIRATION
This dish was born as an homage to Signora Franca, the historic chef of the restaurant, wife of Romano, and to her celebrated Pacchero alla trabaccolara: a classic of Viareggio that I myself would journey to enjoy as a child, with my family.
My reinterpretation springs from that affectionate and gastronomic memory, yet seeks a new lightness through the artistry of spices and aromatic herbs. The quest is to preserve the historicity and identity of the dish without weighing it down, allowing the soul of tradition to find a more contemporary expression.
The choice of the Calla di Gragnano arises precisely from this longing: compared to the pacchero, it offers a distinct, enveloping embrace, allowing for a complete tasting in a single, sublime bite. A shape that cradles the memory of the trabaccolara, yet imparts to it a new momentum, more immediate and intimate.
PORTIONS (FOR 4 PERSONS)
THE RECIPE
Sweet Tropea Onions
Piccadilly Tomatoes
Slipper Lobsters
Weever Fish
Stargazer Fish
Red Rock Mullet
Pandora Fish
Tub Gurnard
White Seabream
Fresh Chili Pepper
Thyme
Sweet Marjoram
Lesser Calamint
Dry White Wine
Dry White Wine
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Ice
Fresh Parsley Leaves
Grapeseed Oil
Salt
Datterini Tomatoes
Powdered Sugar
Garlic
Calle of Gragnano Pasta
Finely Minced Parsley
4
4
4
1
1
2
1
1
1
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
1 Glass
To taste
To taste
To taste
500 g
500 g
To taste
200 g
10 g
To taste
To taste
1 teaspoon
FOR THE TRABACCOLARA FISH ESSENCE
Sweet Tropea Spring Onions
Piccadilly Tomatoes
Slipper Lobsters
Weever Fish
Stargazer
Striped Rock Mullet
Pandora Snapper
Tub Gurnard
White Seabream
Fresh Chili Pepper
Thyme
Sweet Marjoram
Lesser Calamint
A chalice of dry white wine
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Crushed Ice
4
4
4
1
1
2
1
1
1
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
1 Glass
To taste
To taste
FOR THE ESSENCE OF PARSLEY INFUSED OIL
Parsley leaves, gently plucked
Grapeseed oil
A pinch of salt
500 g
500 g
To taste
FOR THE TOMATOES CONFIT
Datterini tomatoes
Confectioners' sugar
Garlic
Extra virgin olive oil
Thyme
Salt
200 g
10 g
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
FOR THE FINAL COMPOSITION OF THE DISH
Calle of Gragnano
Confit tomatoes
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Chili pepper
Dry white wine
Seafood broth in the Trabaccolara style
Salt
Fish fillets and Mediterranean slipper lobsters
Finely minced parsley
Parsley-infused oil
Lesser calamint
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
(prepared beforehand)
1 teaspoon
To taste
To taste
CURATION
For the trabaccolara fish essence:
Meticulously clean, eviscerate, descale, and fillet the fish, setting the precious fillets aside. Once the heads are freed of eyes and gills, submerge them alongside the bones in a vessel of water to steep in the cold of the refrigerator overnight, releasing any trace of blood and impurity. In a saucepan gilded with a thread of extra virgin olive oil, gently sweat the spring onions; introduce the well-washed heads and bones, allowing them to toast over a moderate flame for a few moments, taking care not to scorch them. Add the roughly chopped tomatoes and shroud the pan in ice of a sudden cold to evoke a thermal shock, enticing the deepest essences to emerge. Bring to a gentle boil, then lower the flame to let it simmer softly for some two hours. Filter this nectar through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing the remnants with reverence to capture every droplet of flavor; infuse with herbs, and set aside.For the parsley oil:
In a "thermomix," cradle the parsley in grapeseed oil with a pinch of salt, cooking for fifteen minutes to coax out the vibrant green of chlorophyll. Run the resulting oil through a fine sieve. Rest in the chill of the refrigerator overnight, allowing the oil to separate elegantly from its watery counterpart by nature's own hand, then transfer into a culinary squeezer.For the tomato confit:
Place the peeled cherry tomatoes in a baking dish, dressing them in extra virgin olive oil and a delicate dust of icing sugar. Season with salt, introduce thyme and garlic, and let them confit at 60°C for eight hours. Finally, preserve them in a bath of fine oil.For the final composition of the dish:
In a pan, encourage the confit cherry tomatoes to soften in a thread of extra virgin olive oil with a touch of chili, and deglaze with white wine. Pour in the trabaccolara essence and adjust the seasoning. Cook the Calle di Gragnano in abundant salted water, draining them whilst still al dente; complete their cooking in the pan, folding in the fish fillets, the freshly shelled mantis shrimp, and a teaspoon of freshly chopped parsley. Present the pasta in a shallow bowl cradled by the fish ragù, and adorn with droplets of parsley oil and a few delicate leaves of lesser calamint.
INSPIRATION
This dish was born as an homage to Signora Franca, the historic chef of the restaurant, wife of Romano, and to her celebrated Pacchero alla trabaccolara: a classic of Viareggio that I myself would journey to enjoy as a child, with my family.
My reinterpretation springs from that affectionate and gastronomic memory, yet seeks a new lightness through the artistry of spices and aromatic herbs. The quest is to preserve the historicity and identity of the dish without weighing it down, allowing the soul of tradition to find a more contemporary expression.
The choice of the Calla di Gragnano arises precisely from this longing: compared to the pacchero, it offers a distinct, enveloping embrace, allowing for a complete tasting in a single, sublime bite. A shape that cradles the memory of the trabaccolara, yet imparts to it a new momentum, more immediate and intimate.
PORTIONS (FOR 4 PERSONS)
THE RECIPE
Sweet Tropea Onions
Piccadilly Tomatoes
Slipper Lobsters
Weever Fish
Stargazer Fish
Red Rock Mullet
Pandora Fish
Tub Gurnard
White Seabream
Fresh Chili Pepper
Thyme
Sweet Marjoram
Lesser Calamint
Dry White Wine
Dry White Wine
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Ice
Fresh Parsley Leaves
Grapeseed Oil
Salt
Datterini Tomatoes
Powdered Sugar
Garlic
Calle of Gragnano Pasta
Finely Minced Parsley
4
4
4
1
1
2
1
1
1
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
1 Glass
To taste
To taste
To taste
500 g
500 g
To taste
200 g
10 g
To taste
To taste
1 teaspoon
FOR THE TRABACCOLARA FISH ESSENCE
Sweet Tropea Spring Onions
Piccadilly Tomatoes
Slipper Lobsters
Weever Fish
Stargazer
Striped Rock Mullet
Pandora Snapper
Tub Gurnard
White Seabream
Fresh Chili Pepper
Thyme
Sweet Marjoram
Lesser Calamint
A chalice of dry white wine
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Crushed Ice
4
4
4
1
1
2
1
1
1
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
1 Glass
To taste
To taste
FOR THE ESSENCE OF PARSLEY INFUSED OIL
Parsley leaves, gently plucked
Grapeseed oil
A pinch of salt
500 g
500 g
To taste
FOR THE TOMATOES CONFIT
Datterini tomatoes
Confectioners' sugar
Garlic
Extra virgin olive oil
Thyme
Salt
200 g
10 g
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
FOR THE FINAL COMPOSITION OF THE DISH
Calle of Gragnano
Confit tomatoes
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Chili pepper
Dry white wine
Seafood broth in the Trabaccolara style
Salt
Fish fillets and Mediterranean slipper lobsters
Finely minced parsley
Parsley-infused oil
Lesser calamint
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
To taste
(prepared beforehand)
1 teaspoon
To taste
To taste
CURATION
For the trabaccolara fish essence:
Meticulously clean, eviscerate, descale, and fillet the fish, setting the precious fillets aside. Once the heads are freed of eyes and gills, submerge them alongside the bones in a vessel of water to steep in the cold of the refrigerator overnight, releasing any trace of blood and impurity. In a saucepan gilded with a thread of extra virgin olive oil, gently sweat the spring onions; introduce the well-washed heads and bones, allowing them to toast over a moderate flame for a few moments, taking care not to scorch them. Add the roughly chopped tomatoes and shroud the pan in ice of a sudden cold to evoke a thermal shock, enticing the deepest essences to emerge. Bring to a gentle boil, then lower the flame to let it simmer softly for some two hours. Filter this nectar through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing the remnants with reverence to capture every droplet of flavor; infuse with herbs, and set aside.For the parsley oil:
In a "thermomix," cradle the parsley in grapeseed oil with a pinch of salt, cooking for fifteen minutes to coax out the vibrant green of chlorophyll. Run the resulting oil through a fine sieve. Rest in the chill of the refrigerator overnight, allowing the oil to separate elegantly from its watery counterpart by nature's own hand, then transfer into a culinary squeezer.For the tomato confit:
Place the peeled cherry tomatoes in a baking dish, dressing them in extra virgin olive oil and a delicate dust of icing sugar. Season with salt, introduce thyme and garlic, and let them confit at 60°C for eight hours. Finally, preserve them in a bath of fine oil.For the final composition of the dish:
In a pan, encourage the confit cherry tomatoes to soften in a thread of extra virgin olive oil with a touch of chili, and deglaze with white wine. Pour in the trabaccolara essence and adjust the seasoning. Cook the Calle di Gragnano in abundant salted water, draining them whilst still al dente; complete their cooking in the pan, folding in the fish fillets, the freshly shelled mantis shrimp, and a teaspoon of freshly chopped parsley. Present the pasta in a shallow bowl cradled by the fish ragù, and adorn with droplets of parsley oil and a few delicate leaves of lesser calamint.

