Ristoro Agricolo Montefabbrello

Top choice in Elba


A model of slow and sustainable cuisine, this organic restaurant on the Montefabbrello farm grows its own wheat to make pasta, grapes to make wine and olives to produce oil. Fruit and veggies are homegrown too. Tasty pasta dishes, homemade bread and plenty of rustic meat and game dishes (unusual on Elba) make it an essential stop on every foodie itinerary.

Post-feast, nip into the farm-gate shop on the estate to buy wine (Trebbiano Toscano, Ansonica, Passito and Vermentino), extra-virgin olive oil and dried 'Pasta dell' Elba' made using wheat grown in surrounding fields.


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