Antipasti – Appetizers

Starter portions of pasta dishes. See main menu

Minestrone Soup or Zuppa Verdi
With Foccacia fingers. Traditional home made vegetable & bacon soup. Or superfood soup made with cannelli beans, broadbeans, spinach, peas, broccoli, asparagus and kale.
Insalata Caprese or Carrozza
Vine tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella & basil or Avocado, mozzarella & crispy speck
L’Antipasto Riviera for 1,2 or 4 people To Share
Smoked salmon, Gamberoni,Tuna, Insalata di Mare, marinated Sardines, Whitebait & Prawns in salsa rosa.
Anti pasto Vedura for 1,2 or 4 people to share
Melanzana (aubergines), caponata (Sicilian vegetables in tomato and red wine vinegar) sundried tomatoes, artichokes, peppers and avocado.
L’Antipasto Mediterraneo for 1,2 or 4 people To Share
Mortadela ‘Oltre,’ (Wild boar) Copa, Salami, Prosciutto com melone, Provoloni cheese, Pecorino cheese & Caponata.
Frutti di mare
Mixed seafood salad contains octopus and squid. Marinaded it olive oil and peppers
Fungi Ripiene
Mushrooms stuffed with gorgonzola, spring onions and bacon.

Polpette
Sicilian Pork & Beef balls in a cherry tomato sauce, with Cibatta strips.
Formaggio Fritti
Fried Camembert, Brie & Goats cheese with a spring onion and bacon salad & cranberry sauce.
Torre Normana
Aubergines, Goats cheese, Parma ham and asparagus, on a bed of rocket.
Arancini
Traditional Sicilian street food. Fried saffron ball with a meat ragu and pea centre

Caesar salad
The traditional way! With bacon, anchovies, croutons & parmesan.
Olivi misto
Mixed olives. Marinated & served with Foccacia fingers.
La Frittura Calamari
Fried Calamari rings.

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Gamberoni
King prawns. Cooked in a white wine, garlic & parsley sauce. Served with bread.
Cozze alla Siciliana
Mussels served in a tomato, garlic & wine sauce. Served with crostini.
Caponata Traditionali
Home made traditional tangy Sicilian dish with tomato, aubergines, celery & capers.
Melanzana Parmigiana
Aubergines with a special tomato & parmesan sauce, home made.
Garlic Bread
Plain
Garlic Bread
With mozzarella
Burrata Fiore D’Puglia
indulgent mozzarella filled with cream & stracciatella, served with Bresaola.
Tre Bruschette
Choose three of the following toppings : Smoked salmon ~ Aubergine ~ Buffalo Mozzarella ~ Pesto ~ Olive tapenade ~ Cherry tomatoes with mint ~ caramelised onion, anchovies & pepperoni
Cibatta
Milanese mini loaf .
Bread Basket

Grissini
Italian bread sticks.