2013 Italy Food and Beer Pairing Menus!

[caption id="attachment_8551" align="alignright" width="300"]IMG_6807 Birra del Borgo Caos[/caption]

During the 2013 Epcot Food and Wine Festival, Via Napoli in Italy will once again be hosting its Food and Beer pairing events. Each Tuesday during the Food and Wine Festival from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM, the chefs of Via Napoli will prepare four dishes and each dish will be paired with an Italian craft beer!

Each session is $55 per person, and Eric at Via Napoli told me there are about five seats still available for each session.

Here are the menus, with the name of the course followed by the beer paired with it.

October 1, 2013:

Minestra Maritata - Nuova Mattina, Birrificio del Ducato
Pizza Margherita con mozzarella bufala - My Antonia, Birra del Borgo
Pesce allo Tiano (all’Acqua Pazza) - PVK, Birrificio L’Olmaia
Mele Fritte (Bigne di Mele al Rum) - Runa Bianca, Birrificio Montegioco

October 8, 2013:

Arancini di Riso con Ragu di Salciccia - La Cinque, Birrificio L’Olmaia
Pizza Fritta - Runa Bianca, Birrificio Montegioco
Lasagna Verde con Vedure - Nuova Mattina, Birrificio del Ducato
Crostata di Mandorle e Ricotta - Caos, Birra del Borgo

October 15, 2013:

Tortino di Carciofi e Patate - PVK, Birrificio L’Olmaia
Pizza Margherita con mozzarella bufala - Nuova Mattina, Birrificio del Ducato
Branzino al Forno con patate e fagiolini - Via Emilia, Birrificio del Ducato
Melanzana al Cioccolato - Runa Bianca, Birrificio Montegioco

October 22, 2013:

Melanzane alla Parmigiana - Via Emilia, Birrificio del Ducato
Pizza Fritta - La Cinque, Birrificio L’Olmaia
Costatelle di Maiale al Forno - 2012 Noel, Birrificio Le Baladin
Coppa Amarena  - 25 Dodici, Birra del Borgo

October 29, 2013:

Insalata di Polipo e Patate - Nuova Mattina, Birrificio del Ducato
Pizza Margherita con mozzarella bufala - Via Emilia,  Birrificio Del Ducato
Vermicelli alle Vongole in Bianco - Runa Bianca, Birrificio Montegioco
Cannolo Bicolore al Pistacchio - Caos, Birra del Borgo

November 5, 2013:

Polpettine di Vitello, Capperi e Limone - Christmas Duck 2012, Birrificio L’Olmaia
Pizza Fritta - Nuova Mattina, Birrificio del Ducato
Trippa al Pomodoro - PVK, Birrificio L’Olmaia
Croccantine di Gelato (Beer Gelato, Strada San Felice Gelato) - Strada San Felice, Birrificio Grado Plato

If you've been looking at the Via Napoli events and wondering what you'd be getting into, now you know! I had the Caos when I was at Via Napoli in June and it was very good; I've also tried the Dogfish Head version of My Antonia recently (review coming soon!) and it's probably the best pilsner I've had.

Personally, if I were going to be at Disney World during Food and Wine this year (unfortunately I can't make it back out), I would be going to one of these.