Wordpress Italian Restaurant

Dine Out Menu 2012

IL Nido Ristorante Bar Dine out Menu

APPETISER FIRST COURSE

Fishcakes-House made fishcakes served with lemon dill mayonnaise

Polpettine~ Italian meatballs in tomato sauce with asiago cheese

Gamberoni~ Sautéed prawns, fresh tomato, tarragon, lemon, Pernod

Crostini ~ Home made fresh bread, roasted peppers, grilled eggplant,

fresh tomato and goat cheese

Seppie~ Grilled chilli-lime squid with baby spinach salad

Funghi ~ Grilled Marinated oyster, king oyster and shitake mushrooms

Tapenade ~ Trio of eggplants, green olive and sundry tomato purée with crostini

Tonno ~ Seared ahi tuna on a bead of spicy ratatouille

Misto~ Prosciutto, sopressata calabrese, olive, tapenade and grill vegetable

Zuppa del giorno~ Soup of the day

Il Nido Salad~ Red, golden beets baby freeze, tomato, goat cheese and lemon dressing

Caprese~ Creamy mozzarella, fresh tomato, olive oil, fresh basil

Insalata~ Greens with fresh strawberry shaves almonds and Italian vinaigrette

PASTA & MAINS SECOND COURSE

Tagliatelle ~ with braised beef short ribs in a light red wine cream

Tortellini ~ butternut squash stuffed tortellini with peas, thyme cream sauce

Puttanesca ~ Spaghettini, baby calamari, prawns, capers, garlic, anchovies, olives, in spicy tomato sauce

Bolognese ~ Tagliatelle egg noodles in a veal and beef tomato sauce

Agnelotti ~ Lobster stuffed ravioli in tarragon butter and cherry tomato sauce

Gnocchi ~ Leek, king oyster mushrooms, sage and lemon oil sauce

Cavatelli ~ Italian sausage, fenol, Italian parsley and tomato sauce

Orecchiette ~with warmed olive, zucchini, garlic, rosemary and chilly oil

(Gluten free pasta available upon request)

Risotto~ Cornaroli rice with mushrooms, duckonfit, parmiggiano cheese and Nero D’Avola sauce

Salmone~ Pan seared salmon with basil orange butter served with broccolini

Pollo ~ Breast of chicken with a white wine sauce and cranberry compote

Ossobuco~ Lamb shank slow braised in a spiced red wine reduction served with sweet potatoes crochets

SIDE ORDER

(We are ocean wise, Free-range and Organic)

$7-Broccolini sautéed w/ garlic and olive oil

$5-Warm marinated olives with toasted almonds

$4~Homemede focaccia w/green olive tapenade extra virgin olive oil

DOLCE THIRD COURSE

Flourless Chocolate torte with Blueberry sauce

Apple crostata with Vanilla gelato and caramel sauce

TIRAMISU Home made

Gelato di Vanilla Home made

Sorbetto  d’arancia , Blood orange sorbet Home made

$38.00 For three course dinner