Starters
Homemade Chicken Liver Pate - served with red onion marmalade and crusty bread. £8.50
Fresh Mussels Rossetti - cooked in garlic, white wine, parsley and fresh tomato sauce with chilli or with garlic, white wine, parsley and cream sauce if preferred. £9.50
Bruschetta con mozzarella di buffalo - grilled ciabatta bread rubbed with fresh garlic and olive oil, topped with basil and fresh tomato. Served with buffalo mozzarella and artichoke salad. Served with fresh basil pesto and olives V £8.95
Funghi Selvaggi all'Aglio - wild and chestnut mushrooms flavoured with garlic, thyme and white wine with a few baby plum tomatoes. On a bed of a toasted ciabatta which has been rubbed with garlic and olive oil. Served with salad leaves and balsamic glaze. V £9.50
Gamberi al'aglio - King prawns simply cooked with olive oil, garlic, white wine and flat leaved parsley. Served with crusty bread and dressed salad leaves. £9.50
Involtini di Capra - Goats cheese wrapped in prosciutto and dipped and filo pastry. Deep fried and served on a bed of salad leaves with salad and red onion marmalade. £9.50
Ravioli al Tartufo e Funghi Porcini - fresh ravioli filled with porcini mushroom and black truffle, with a creamy sauce of pancetta, sunblushed tomatoes and finished with provolone cheese. (Can be served without pancetta as a vegetarian dish.) £10.95
Pasta and Risotto
Risotto Paesana - a tasty risotto with pancetta, slivers of chicken, chestnut mushrooms and Taleggio cheese. Flavoured with thyme, onion, garlic and a splash of white wine and a touch of tomato. £17.50
Risotto al Tartufo e Melanzane - risotto flavoured with butter infused with truffle shavings and aubergine and peas. Flavoured with sage, white wine, garlic and garnished with sunblushed tomatoes.V £16.95
Rigatoni alla Matriciana - a family favourite. A simple sauce with pancetta and tomato, garlic, onion and a few baby plum tomatoes. Chilli highly recommended.
£16.50
Rigatoni Al Ragu - with chestnut mushrooms and pancetta bound in a beef and pork bolognese ragu with a few peas for sweetness and touch of chilli. Simply delicious. £16.95
Rigatoni Rustici - with goat's cheese, roasted peppers, spinach, sunblushed tomatoes and flavoured with garlic and pesto. V
£16.50
Linguine Carbonara the authentic way - with garlic, pancetta, olive oil, parmesan and egg yolks. (If preferred we can add cream.) £16.50
Linguine al Granchio - linguine with white claw crab meat, king prawns, clams and courgette. Flavoured with garlic, white wine and baby tomatoes. Chilli is recommended. Can be made with risotto rice.
£17.95
Tagliatelle al Salmone e Asparigi - Tagliatelle simply tossed with smoked salmon, cream, onions, fresh asparagus & topped with crispy leeks. £17.50
Tagliatelle al Fegato e Funghi Selvaggi - tagliatelle with chicken livers and wild mushrooms. Flavoured with garlic, white wine and thyme. Enriched with butter
£17.50
Tortellini al Gorgonzola - filled pasta in a chestnut mushroom and blue cheese creamy sauce. Flavoured with thyme and onion. (Please ask which flavour tortellini is being served.)
£16.50
Gnocchi Freschi - gnocchi simply tossed with garlic, spinach, mozzarella, peppers and baby tomatoes. Drizzled with pesto. £16.50
Gnocchi al Salsicce e Cime di Rape - a robust ragu with Tuscan coarse sausage and purple sprouting broccoli in a pancetta, tomato and garlic sauce. Chilli recommended. £17.50
Meat and fish dishes.
Pollo a Gorgonzola Dolce e Funghi Porcini - pan fried chicken breast, flavoured with onion, thyme and white wine. With Porcini mushrooms in a rich and creamy blue cheese sauce. Served with roast potatoes and greens. £21.95
Pollo Valdostana- chicken breast topped with prosciutto and melted Fontina cheese from the Val D'Aosta. Served on a Peperonata sauce and with roast potatoes. Can be served without breadcrumbs. £22.50
Spezzatino di Agnello - chunks of lamb rump braised to total tenderness with peas, in a garlic and white wine rosemary sauce. Served with roast potatoes and greens and topped with crispy leeks. £23.50
Papera ai Funghi Porcini e Mele - pan fried duck breast served with an apple and Porcini mushroom sauce. Served with Cavalo Nero or similar greens and roast potatoes.
£24.00
Filleto Rossetti - grilled beef fillet served on a grilled ciabatta base, topped with pate or dolcelatte as preferred. Served with a wild mushroom and bone marrow red wine reduction. With roast potatoes and seasonal vegetables. £33.50
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