Saturday in Chiaramonte Gulfi

Another Saturday with the jackhammer; another road trip. This time was even more random than the previous. Flint drove down the new Siracusa highway (after asking me which way to head out), but we didn't really want to visit Siracusa, so we wound around for many miles. The sign for Chiaramonte Gulfi jogged our memories of a trip taken many years ago after our friend, Jerry, found an article in the New York Times about a pork restaurant. Two or three carloads of us made that trip to a place where one walks in through the kitchen to a very small seating area with a gorgeous view of a valley. We drove through the town, but not recognizing the place immediately, we continued on down the road.





We exited the town and followed the signs to Valle di Chiaramonte Agriturismo. This was a no menu place. We sat and the food started coming. Lot of antipasti, then sausage and veal- no pasta -then TWO desserts! The first was little fried pastries filled with fresh ricotta and sprinkled with powdered sugar and spices. The second dessert was the pasta course! When we asked about the ingredients, they asked a guest from Denmark who was studying farming to translate for us.She said that it was fresh pasta and grapes. We thought it might be have been an apple base. 

Very clear view of Mt. Etna

Pastry with ricotta

Pasta with grapes