Here’s your winter dining forecast: a warming food trend, with a riff on risotto and a new take on a traditional dish!

We’ve been cooking up a storm recently and created two terrific specials for the season.  Orzo ‘Risotto’ with Vegetables takes rice-shaped orzo pasta and simmers it like risotto in butter, garlic, stock and parmesan, for a shamelessly rich dish laden with local organic mushrooms, sweet peas, zucchini and yellow squash.  It’s incredibly yummy.

Then we were inspired to give Grilled Italian Fennel Sausages with Polenta a tasty Pastini twist.  Two savory sausages snuggle on a bed of creamy Bob’s Red Mill polenta under a blanket of our marinara, with a tangy garnish of fresh arugula dressed in roasted tomato vinaigrette.  It does tradition one better!

Join us soon to try our winter specials, and all our other authentic pastas.

RAISE A GLASS TO GOOD SPIRITS

Cheers to the holidays with our winter cocktail Cranberry Moscow Mule!  We love this seasonal take on the classic mule, with the addition of cranberry juice and a splash of housemade rosemary syrup.  Or sip on a Pastini original, our Winter Orange Italian Soda.  Fresh orange juice, blood orange pureé and natural orange syrup make a bright, refreshing beverage.

We know you’ll love these delicious drinks from our kitchen!