Wordpress Italian Restaurant

Dinner

APPETISERS

$18~ Formaggio ~ Warm camembert cheese with fruit compote and crostini

$15~ Fishcakes-House made fishcakes served with lemon dill mayonnaise

$13~ Polpettine~ Italian meatballs in tomato sauce with asiago cheese

$14~ Gamberoni~ Sautéed prawns, fresh tomato, tarragon, lemon, Pernod

$14~ Crostini ~ Home made fresh bread, roasted peppers, grilled eggplant, fresh tomato and goat cheese

$13~ Seppie~ Grilled chilli-lime squid with baby spinach salad

$18~ Carpaccio~ Thin sliced beef tenderloin, red onion, capers, padano cheese, Dijon peppercorn dressing

$12~ Funghi ~ Grilled Marinated oyster, king oyster and shitake mushrooms

$10~ Tapenade ~ Trio of eggplants, green olive and sundry tomato purée with crostini

$16~ Tonno ~ Seared ahi tuna on a bead of spicy ratatouille

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

$10~ Zuppa del giorno~ Soup of the day

$12~ Il Nido Salad~ Red, golden beets baby freeze, tomato, goat cheese and lemon dressing

$14~ Caprese~ Creamy mozzarella, fresh tomato, olive oil, fresh basil

$10~ Insalata~ Greens with fresh strawberry shaves almonds and Italian vinaigrette

PASTA & MAINS

$25~ Tagliatelle ~ with braised beef short ribs in a light red wine cream

$20~ Tortellini ~ butternut squash stuffed tortellini with peas, thyme cream sauce

$25~ Puttanesca ~ Spaghettini, baby calamari, prawns, capers, garlic, anchovies, olives, in spicy tomato sauce

$22~ Bolognese ~ Tagliatelle egg noodles in a veal and beef tomato sauce

$25~ Agnelotti ~ Lobster stuffed ravioli in tarragon butter and cherry tomato sauce

$25~ Capesante ~ Scallops, snow peas, red peppers, fried onions light senape butter sauce

$20~ Gnocchi ~ Leek, king oyster mushrooms, sage and lemon oil sauce

$20~ Cavatelli ~ Italian sausage, fenol, Italian parsley and tomato sauce

$17~ Orecchiette ~with warmed olive, zucchini, garlic, rosemary and chilly oil

(Appetiser Size Pasta of your choice upon request) (Gluten free pasta available upon request)

$25~ Risotto~ Cornaroli rice with mushrooms, duckonfit, parmiggiano cheese and Nero D’Avola sauce

$27~ Salmone~ Pan seared salmon with basil orange butter served with broccolini

$32~ Ippoglosso ~Hazelnuts crusted Halibut served with eggplant tapenade and red wine spicy tomato stew

$30~ Sautéed Prawns & Scallops~ white wine, herb butter, fresh tomato served with creamy chickpeas

$28~ Ossobuco~ Lamb shank slow braised in a spiced red wine reduction served with sweet potatoes crochets

$35~ Bisonte~ California cut bison entrecote with peppercorn sauce served with roast potatoes

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