“Momento” Dessert Plate in hand-glazed Etna lava stone

Momento, a plate for plating

The surface has a barely visible dip, two or three tenths of a millimetre, that keeps sauces and reductions in place while the plate still looks flat. Around it, the Momento glaze runs in circles of colour: red, yellow and blue in the Sicily version, blue and white in the Mediterranean.

The base is a 0.6 cm slab of Etna lava stone. The glaze is applied by hand, with a brush or an airbrush, then fired in the kiln, so every plate has small differences in colour and pattern.

For sushi or tartare, put it in the fridge for 10 minutes before serving: the stone holds the cold. With a semifreddo or a mousse it helps the dessert not to melt too fast.