Restaurant
The pride of the Tenuta Monacelli is the Rifugio del Re restaurant, the site of convivial farmhouse gatherings. At lunch or dinner, typical Salento and Apulian meals are prepared by the chef with recipes expertly reclaiming the historical tradition and re-elaborated to please the modern palate along with Italian cuisine and international digressions to satisfy those who choose the Tenuta Monacelli from the hotels in Lecce as their vacation site among Salento farmhouses.
Quality and fresh ingredients ensure the restaurant's success. The extra virgin olive oil and other Tenuta products, including organic, play a leading role in every recipe and on the tables where oil accompanies every meal with velvety or intense notes.
Wines are passionately and knowingly selected by the owner for the wine list of well-known and fresh new reds and whites to accompany meals, appetizers or dessert.
Specialties
- Smoked sward fish tartar with eggplants
- Ciciri and tria
- Sword fish steak in lemon leaf
- Salted rabbit with anchovies and mushrooms
- Candied citron tart with strawberry sauce