Fantastic Firsts - Tortello Pasta with Cicala di Mare and Truffles, Chef Giacomo De Simone, Ristorante Punta Scutolo, Seiano (Na)

It has been a sensational seafood summer thanks to dishes like this one served on the beach in Seiano on the Sorrento coast.  Chef Giacomo De Simone of Ristorante Punta Scutolo presented this first course dish that was as light and delicate as the sea breeze that August afternoon.

Fresh tortello pasta...

stuffed with cicala di mare, also known as canocchie, or mantis shrimp...

with shavings from truffles from the nearby town of Faito...

Fantastic.