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| SECRET SQUISITO  Saturday 11th February - St Valentine's menu
Secret Squisito 3rd March - Sold Out
Secret Squisito 14th April - now booking
Secret Squisito 19th May - now booking
Born out of out of village 'socials' of the past, the 'paladares' of Cuba and New York Supper Clubs, my Secret Squisito supper club provides an antidote to lacklustre restaurant food.
You won't find Secret Squisito in any restaurant guide since it is my
contribution to the 'underground' or 'guerilla' food movement. Secret
Squisito is an anti-restaurant!
 
Secret Squisito is not just about food, it is about 'good' food and 'conviviality' - meeting new people and sharing our experiences at the table - something you can only get at home. Unlike
normal restaurants diners sit down with us and other 'foodies' to
experience my home cooking and local ingredients prepared by me fresh on
the day.
At Secret Squisito there is no 'sous vide' but my Rayburn and pizza oven, there's 'no food service' suppliers or artificial anything (because I am a bona fide farmers market producer) and my ingredients are grown here in Monks Kirby or bartered at Farmers Market that morning. In short, I make 'real' food with a modern Italian twist. Like any Italian dinner party my food is all homemade and you dine in my home.
There is a wine list - my husband Alex reviews Italian supermarket or independent wines every month and gives his wine pairings - but you bring your own wine so there is no disappointment from not-even-good £2.99 wine marked up to £29.99!
Like any memorable experience, Secret Squisito is about the occasion and the ingredients - you are part of it and bring your contribution to the table.
'Thanks for a brilliant meal at your Supper Club", Ms Marmite, May 2011
Read Miss Marmite's Review of Secret Squisito!
Secret Squisito pops-up just once a month. Tickets
are just £29.50 per guest 'excluding service' which go towards
laundry and washing up! Buy a voucher and book a date at Secret Squisito Online
St Valentine's Day Menu
Benvenute
Ginger Baker’s bread and stunning Puglian olives
Wine recommendations: Clean the palate and open the stomach with, a frizzante white or rosé. We like Prosecco – Martini Prosecco ASDA £5.00 1/2 price at ASDA Rugby this week and now very good value Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Prosecco Conegliano DOC from Rugby Sainsbury's at £6.99 down from £10.49 (also Tesco), Jacob’s Creek Sparkling Rosé NV Morrisons Price: £7.99 ASDA Extra Special Prosecco £7.23, La Gioiosa Pinot Grigio Marca Trevigiana IGT Semi-Sparkling NV (Tesco), Marca Trevigiana, Veneto (Tesco £6.49)
Antipasti
Arancini - deep fried balls of risotto rice, grana padano and breadcrumbs with a tomato and basil sauce
Wine recommendations: Something that stands up to the cheesey sweetness of the arancini so something frizzante like Prosecco as above. Moving on, for a flavour change and to compliment the pumpkin try Villa Malizia Pinot Grigio Ramato Rosé £3. 99 ALDI, Villa Chiara Pinot Grigio Frizzante Rosé – £3. 99 ALDI, Bianco, 2010 Rocca Vecchia Falanghina, Puglia £5.99 Co-Op Rugby, Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi 2010 £8.99 from Co-Op Rugby Stella Alpina Pinot Grigio 2008 - £7.99 Majestic, Cantina Beato Pinot Grigo Superiore Breganze 2007 – Majestic £4.99 ea for 2.
Primi
Love letter pasta - open ravioli with Monks Kirby lamb and mint Wine recommendations: A medium weight Chianti like Piccini Chianti Riserva £6.49 at Tesco Rugby or CoOp Bilton, Cecci's Chianti Classico from Sainsbury's Rugby at £7.36 or Vino Nobile Montepulciano Poliziano (not Abruzzo btw) from Majestic £7.99. With the ravioli Piccini Supertuscan (this reads like a Piccini advert!) which is a bit lighter and like a good young claret is excellent and worth laying diown a few bottloes for next Christmas. On a budget or for a 2nd bottle try Aldi's Tuscan red at £3.99 or la Collezione Rosso £2.99 - best at warm room temperature.
   
Secondi
Guinea Fowl with red wine and Luganega Sausage - Award winning Fosse Meadows guinea fowl braised with wine and our homemade artisan sausage
Wine recommendations: a heavy red is the order of the day but that does not mean it has to be heavily oaked like rioja whilst sweeter reds like Primitivo grape goes well with game and polenta or something like Asda's Extra Special at £6.25 or Sainsbury's taste the Difference Primitivo di Manduria from Sainsbury's Rugby at £5.99 or Paolo Leo Primitivo di Manduria, Puglia, Italy 2009 from Waitrose Lutterworth £9.49 which is nice but exxy. Another good choice is Primitivo Torre Saracena at £6.00 from Bablake Wines in Coventry. For something a bit less sweet try Aglianico di Sicilia 2009 Italy from Majestic, £5.49 down from £6.99 for 2. Leave a glass to go with cheese.
DolciLemon and Lime semifreddo
Wine recommendations: conventional logic suggest a sweet wine to pair with dessert so a pantillera or moscato from Sicily usually does the trick. However, we'll be drinking a chilled glass of Lambrusco Dolce from ASDA at £2.38 or Medici Ermete from Tony Di Maria of AD Maria in Coventry (7.99 but in a different league).
FormaggiFarmers Market selection with pink peppercorns and Warwickshire honey
Wine recommendations: as above or amaretto or limoncello. See if you can get Sara to unlock her homemade amaretto or limoncello or, better still, get her recipe!
Caffe
Squisito 100% Columbian Arabica coffee
Wine recommendations: homemade grappa or coffee liqueur is my choice with a glass of sparkling mineral water from Lidl 27p/litre!
Many
thanks to our wonderful producers who this month are Tina in Monks
Kirby for pumpkins, hazelnuts, winter salad, herbs, cavolo nero, Jacob & Nick at Fosse Meadows for Guinea Fowl, Alex for Italian sausages, Kristian for great lamb and food yards' and Birmingham Farmers Markets!All my food is made to order and food allergies and foibles are easily catered for, so please just ask
Tickets are £27.50 each not including a tip which goes towards laundry and washing up! Bring your own wine to complete the occasion.
Advance reservations only.
Now booking for 2012 so please book early to avoid disappointment , tickets are £27.50. Limited tickets so book now.
We are pleased to recommend Barnacle Hall, a 16th century farmhouse on a working farm in the beautiful Warwickshire countryside, a few minutes drive from Squisito HQ. Offering bed and breakfast from only £35.00. www.barnaclehall.co.uk
For more info see the secretsquisito blog
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