Abbacchio alla scottadito

Abbacchio, Roman milk lamb, grilled a scottadito, finger-burning hot, with only salt and black pepper. The Roman main to order here.

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Armando al Pantheon

Roman · family osteria · Pantheon, Rome

Salita de' Crescenzi 31, 00186 Roma

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The Gargioli family's osteria, tavern, a few steps from the Pantheon, cooking Roman food for more than sixty years, as Rome commands, in the house's words. The lamb is ours.

The proof, in the house's own words

Why the abbacchio

Strong evidence

Technique
Nothing on the lamb but salt, pepper and the grill's heat.
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Tradition
The Gargioli family's Roman cooking, beside the Pantheon for over sixty years.
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Local choice
Abbacchio, Rome's own word for its milk lamb.
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We'd add

Our runner-up

Saltimbocca alla romana

Saltimbocca, veal topped with ham and sage and cooked with white wine. The main of the house's tradition menu.

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