Menu from Rustico
Menu highlights
Arancini Alla Carne
rice balls filled with mozzarella and bolognese.
Bruschetta Della Casa
three slices of toasted bread topped with tuna parma ham and mozzarella.
Calamari Ripieni
stuffed squid served with a delicate chard sauce, lightly spicy.
Pizza Piccante
tomato, mozzarella, spicy salami and fresh chilly peppers.
Ravioli
pasta with ricotta & spinach filling served in a sage butter sauce.
Saltimbocca Alla Romana
veal escalopes with parmaham, sage in white wine sauce
Desserts
Tiramisu
savoiardi biscuits soaked in espresso, fileld with a sweet mascarpone cream and dark cocoa.
Tarfufo Nero
Dark chocolate truffle.
Panna Cotta Alle Fragole
Vanilla infused Italian custard made with cream, served with strawberry sauce.
More about the restaurant: Rustico
Listening to the chef of Rustico, it all sounds wonderfully simple: What makes Italian cuisine so special is the use of fresh ingredients. In Rustico’s kitchen nothing has to be complicated – for the easiest recipes are often the best ones, it allows the palate to go through a journey of culinary discovery. A dish as simple as their 'Caprese' (from mozzarella, tomato and basil) is equal to divine pleasure if the right products are used, most of them all the way from Italy. And that’s how they do it at Rustico on Clapham Road.
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At Rustico on Clapham Road everybody shares the passion for cooking together. The staff all pride themselves of being specialists in a certain area, however that is what allows them to bring out the best of the Italian culinary tradition to the table. It is not so much a job as it is giving the costumer the best experience. Rustico believe in cooking seasonally instead of using already transformed products, in their opinion it is very much up to the chefs to make simple kitchen science become art.
Being fans of genuine Italian cuisine Rustico on Clapham Road have designed a menu that brings out some of their favourite dishes from the traditions of culinary Italy to the table. Recipes passed on from generations, made by their mothers and their mother's mothers. The base of each and every single dish is made from scratch, with a whole lot of TLC – that, and only ttThat is the secret ingredient.