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Be whisked away to northern Italy through food and drink during M鈥檛ucci鈥檚 Twenty-Five鈥檚 final pairing dinner of the year.

The dining experience will be held on Thursday, Dec. 12, at the restaurant located at 4939 Pan American Freeway NE. The seven-course dinner will feature food, wine and cocktails inspired by the northern Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige, which borders Switzerland and Austria.

The region is known for its sauvignon blanc and pinot grigio wines and is popular for its three indigenous red grape varieties: schiava, teroldego and lagrein, according to a M鈥檛ucci鈥檚 news release.

Shawn Cronin, M鈥檛ucci鈥檚 partner and company chef, worked with M鈥檛ucci鈥檚 Twenty-Five鈥檚 team to come up with the paring dinner menu. The team had to get creative for this particular dinner due to the season.

鈥淚t鈥檚 always hardest in the wintertime, because you have a lot of heavy dishes, a lot of braises,鈥� he explained. 鈥淒uring the fall, there鈥檚 the harvest and there鈥檚 all the fruits and veggies and everything. So any chef can just sit there and go, 鈥業 have this bounty of beautiful things I can use,鈥� whereas in December, it鈥檚 like, 鈥極K, what can we do?鈥� It鈥檚 not really seasonal, but it鈥檚 going to make sense.鈥�

The team decided on focusing on a Trentino-Alto Adige-inspired dinner.

鈥淚t鈥檚 kind of in this weird little area where, throughout war it was part of Italy, and then not part of Italy, and then part of Italy,鈥� Cronin explained. 鈥淚taly ended up winning the sweepstakes and kept it forever, at least to this point. It鈥檚 got a lot of really cool German influence, a lot of Austrian influence, there鈥檚 some Swiss influence. It鈥檚 on the base of the Swiss Alps. And the nice thing about that is, because of that, there鈥檚 a lot of hearty dishes.鈥�

There are plenty of 鈥渟tick to your bones鈥� kind of dishes and that is why the specific region was chosen for the pairing dinner, Cronin said.

The dinner begins with Il Saluto, which features elk, smoked beets, pickled onion and citrus paired with a Hugo Spritz made with St. Germain, prosecco and mint foam.

鈥淭he greeting is going to be grilled elk that is this two bite skewer that we鈥檒l do over open charcoal on this Italian rotisserie right outside the restaurant,鈥� Cronin said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 some cool little secrets and tricks that we鈥檒l have as people are coming up, and we鈥檒l try to throw a little theater into it.鈥�

The evening continues with Salumi, made up of wild boar and cherry sausage, braised borlotti beans and sp盲tzle. The course is complemented with a Negroni cocktail. It is followed by the Polpette L鈥橝natra featuring Canederli en Brodo, M鈥檛ucci鈥檚 sourdough dumplings, duck meatballs and wild mushroom brodo paired with the 2021 Tramin pinot nero. The wine features notes of forest fruits, plums, raspberries and cherries that lends to a fresh acidity on the palate with fine-grained tannins and a hint of floral notes, according to the news release.

The Fileto Di Manzo, consists of Guanciale-wrapped beef tenderloin, Mandy鈥檚 Farm polenta and a roasted plum cream sauce. It is paired with the 2023 Elena Walch lagrein wine, which is a 鈥渨ell-balanced, medium bodied red, which marries fine, taut tannins and plum skin acidity with a core of dark (raspberry and boysenberry) fruit,鈥� according to Wine Spectator. Mandy鈥檚 Farm is a local nonprofit organization that assists individuals with developmental disabilities in achieving their goals for living, learning, and working in the community. This year, M鈥檛ucci鈥檚 is donating 5% of its gift card sales from Black Friday through the end of the year to Mandy鈥檚 Farm.

鈥淲e get polenta from our friends at Mandy鈥檚 Farm,鈥� Cronin said. 鈥淭hey literally grow certain things for us. And last year, one of the best things we served, in my opinion, at any dinner was their polenta. We flew the seeds in from Italy, and they planted it, grew all the corn, dried the corn off, and then we take our molino, like you would use to make tortillas basically, and we grind it, toast it and make fresh polenta right there. It makes you realize that you鈥檝e never had polenta until you鈥檝e actually had this kind of stuff.鈥�

The meal continues with the Abbacchio course consisting of a red wine marinated roasted leg of lamb and pancetta braised barley paired with the 2022 M鈥檛ucci鈥檚 teroldego wine. Strudel di Mele, made up of apple confit, walnut and ricotta diplomate cr猫me and brown butter arlette, ends the dinner.

The event is meant to be an unpretentious and casual experience with the best food and service.

鈥淲e want it to be fun,鈥� Cronin said. 鈥淎t the end of the day, we鈥檙e gonna go out, we鈥檙e gonna joke with people, we鈥檙e gonna laugh and try to get people to laugh with us. We can have a good time and good food, but without it being a stuffy, pretentious kind of environment.鈥�