ANDALUCÍA - HUELVA - RESTAURANTE ACÁNTHUM

ACÁNTHUM One Michelin Star PERMANELY CLOSED 2024

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. They may include pistachio, crumbled cookie and white chocolate dust, laid out as a map of the nearby marshes, and include 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 no tasting menu available, but they made one up for us from the à 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, Oliviers 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 Iberian 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 chef's table, which can be booked for six people

Acánthum

Calle San Salvador 17, Calle Diego Díaz Márquez, 21003, Huelva

+34 959 245 135

www.acanthum.com

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