Agriturismo Rena, Fixed Gallurese Menu with Farm Produce, in Arzachena

Agriturismo Rena is a farm in the Arzachena countryside, in inland Gallura, which produces a good part of what it serves: cured meats, cheeses, ricotta, pasta, vegetables and potatoes. At lunchtime and in the evening it offers a fixed menu of Gallurese cooking, with dishes that change with the season. It is the place to eat what is eaten in homes in the area, far from Porto Cervo prices and a few minutes from the Capichera nuraghi and the Surrau winery.

The menu

There is no à la carte: there is a fixed menu for lunch and dinner, and a vegetarian one. What the house publishes is the list of dishes from which it chooses according to the day.

To start, a board of own-produced cured meats and cheeses for two, carpaccio of courgette from the garden with oil and grana, baked onions, grilled vegetables or vegetables stuffed with meat or vegetables. For a first course, home-made semolina gnocchi, durum wheat and ricotta ravioli with lemon, fregola with vegetables or with sausage, and the zuppa gallurese, a sort of bread lasagne with meat broth and cheese baked in the oven, which is the area's signature dish. The gnocchi, ravioli, fregola and zuppa can be prepared gluten-free.

For a main course, meat: a mixed grill with sausages and ribs, oven-roast porcetto (suckling pig) with potatoes, whole roast lamb, roast veal or pork, veal stew or tripe. The potatoes are from the farm and the salads from the garden. To finish, ricotta with honey or house jam, formaggelle, amaretti and home-made biscuits, and seadas.

The website does not publish the price of the menu or whether it includes wine: ask when you book.

How to book

Always by reservation, by phone or WhatsApp on +39 347 110 7599. When booking you can mention allergies or preferences, and the house caters for them if it can. The website does not publish opening days or hours, so confirm them in the same call, especially outside summer.

Getting there

The farm is in the locality of Rena, in the countryside north of Arzachena, about ten minutes by car from the Surrau winery and about 40 from Olbia. The website gives only the locality and a map: ask for directions when you book. It also has rooms, with a total of 20 beds in rooms with private bathroom, in case you prefer not to drive after lunch.