ANDALUCÍA - HUELVA - RESTAURANTE ACÁNTHUM
One Michelin Star
Acánthum September 2020
After two years at San Sebastian’s Arzak, Xanty Elias came home, determined to shake up Huelva’s dining scene. His two tasting menus (from €75 with wine) only change twice a year and may include, pistachio, crumbled cookie and white chocolate dust, laid out, as a map of the nearby marshes and includes, palate-thrilling dishes like, beef sirloin (solomillo) with spiced lard and tangy, mustardy mackerel with tender lupini beans. Each course can be paired with local wines, sherries or vermuts. There is also a chef’s table for 6 in the room upstairs.
On our visit, in September 2020 there was not a tasting menu available but they made one up for us, from the a la carte menu and paired it with local wines.
To start, we had a few excellent olives,
with a Bodegas Sauci eSpinapura sparkling wine D.O. Condado de Huelva.
Pez espada ahumado y tomate helado (smoked swordfish and tomato ice cream)
Paired with, Olivors Coupage Vallehondo D.O. Condado de Huelva
Croquetas de choco acanthunianas (cuttlefish croquettes)
Croquetas de choco acanthunianas (cuttlefish croquettes)
Paired with Delea a Marca Chardonnay Barrique 2014 (French vines in Villablanca, Huelva)
Agucate brasa, mango y anchoa (grilled avocado, mango and anchovy)
Infusión de choco (cuttlefish infusion)
Bajo de piedra con pil-pil (stone bass in pil-pil sauce)
Paired with Letrado D.O. Condado de Huelva
Cochinillo (suckling pig) paired with Vallehondo D.O. Condado de Huelva
Paired with Vallehondo D.O. Condado de Huelva
Jamón Ibérico de Bellota (top quality acorn-fed ham)
Paired with Delea a Marca Cabernet Sauvignon Petit Verdot (French vines in Villablanca, Huelva)
Presa de bellota con su jugo ibérico (acorn fed shoulder of iberico pork in its own juice)
Bizcocho cítrico, orange curd y helado de yogurt (citrus cake with orange curd and yogurt ice cream)
Paired with Misterio Orange D.O. Condado de Huelva
Los Montes de Paymogo
La torrija del pobre (poor man's bread and butter pudding)
Chocolates
Service was friendly and very informative.
We were shown the upstairs chefs table which can be booked for 6 people
Acánthum
Calle San Salvador 17, Calle Diego Diaz Marquez, 21003, Huelva
+34 959 245 135
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