During Umbria Jazz Winter in Orvieto, a Tasty Luncheon

Every winter, Pino and I head to Orvieto for Umbria Jazz Winter: Dec 30th 2025 to January 3rd, 2026 this year. We had tickets for a jazz concert for the afternoon of January 3rd and were hoping to have lunch prior at our favorite Orvieto eating spot, Trattoria del Moro Aronne.

I had called the day prior to the disappointing news that all was booked out for lunch and dinner on the 3rd. “Niente da fare affatto?” (“Nothing to do at all?”) I asked hopefully. Well, lunch for us would be possible IF we arrived early, i.e, by 12: 30. Agreed.

We passed the 13th-14th-c medieval Palazzo del Popolo as we headed to the trattoria……..

Umbria Jazz Winter banners added swatches of color to the façade of volcanic tuff:

In front of the palazzo, we just caught the end of a rockin’-out performance by Funk Off, Florentine street band and always an Umbria Jazz favorite.

Nearby was the entrance to the trattoria with an array of culinary awards on the glass window to the left:

Inside, diners shared the culinary enticements of Aronne:

The traditional menu offered an array of culinary temptations…and I spotted right away a favorite dish, a version of aglione (a pasta sauce with tomato and generous amounts of aglio, i.e., garlic):

The special menu for that day – handwritten in a plastic folder – was under photos of jazz musicians on the wall.

I’d almost missed it, but I was certainly glad I hadn’t as the antipasto caught my eye: torta di zucca, a winter squash flan.

The flan was topped with a Parmesan cream sauce – buonissima:

Pino opted for one of the pasta specials that day: ombrichelli alle salsicce e funghi porcini (a pasta dish of thick spaghettii – ombrichelli – with sauce of sausage and porcini mushrooms):

As his secondo, Pino chose a daily special, trippa (tripe)….

….which definitely did not tempt me at all! I enjoyed aglione pasta after my winter squash flan:

I wasn’t able to finish my pasta but our waiter encouraged me to take it home to enjoy later, bringing it to me in an “Aronne” paper bag ..along with our espressi: