Private Chef Alessandro Allegra

I am passionate about Mediterranean cuisine, and I love fresh, colorful and fragrant products.In Italy I learned traditional cuisine, while traveling I learned to create new dishes by fusing the various traditions. I have 15 years of experience, I love fish, cooking pasta and many traditional Italian dishes.

For me, cooking is...

It is a passion that I manage to develop by making my guests happy, I always try to involve the customer in understanding the products and the stories

I learned to cook at...

I learned by observing and helping my grandmother, then my mother, then my aunts from an early age, learning secrets and traditions.

A cooking secret...

Always start with fresh, high-quality ingredients. Then I add passion and love, for a result full of flavour.

My menus

Ustica Island

STARTER

Choose 3 dishes

Tuna salad, fennel, oranges, black anchovies, extra virgin olive oil

Speck roll with rabid cheese and rocket

Beef fillett carpaccio, with extra virgin olive oil, Modena balsamic vinegar, parmesan flakes, accompanied by grilled courgettes with oil and lemon

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

Long-drying pasta, with mascarpone cheese, shrimp, caviar, lemon zest

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

Mixed grilled fish. Red prawns, salmon, amberjack, with salmoriglio sauce

DESSERT

All inclusive

Fruit cake with custard

Trinacria

STARTER

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Aubergine parmigiana, tomato, fresh tomato sauce, basil, parmesan cheese

Arancina: saffron, rice, mozzarella, bechamel, cooked Parma ham

Cabbage roll, breadcrumbs, extra virgin olive oil, cheese, pine nuts, spring onion

FIRST COURSE

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Slow-drying durum wheat pasta, with mixed meat ragù (beef fillet, pork) cut with a knife, tomato, red wine, mixed sauté, mixed herbs

MAIN COURSE

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Baked lamb, side dish of grilled and marinated vegetables, potatoes with rosemary, in salmoriglio sauce (garlic, lemon, extra virgin olive oil, herbs, salt and pepper

DESSERT

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Fruit cake

Sicilia

STARTER

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Crudo di pesci , tonno , ricciola ,gamberi, marinati con olio extra vergine di oliva , limone e menta fresca

Insalata di polpo, polpo, sedano,carote, patate,olio extra vergine di oliva,limone succo

Bruschetta classica, pomodoro fresco, basilico, aglio,olio extra vergine di oliva

FIRST COURSE

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Pasta pacchero a lente essicazione, triglia, alghe, pomodorino ciliegino confit, menta, scorza di limone,vino bianco