Allegro Con Brio
About Allegro Con Brio
This charming neighbourhood eaterie with a superb Italian menu. The decor has Edwardian ’formal’ charm, with wonderfully deep carpets, panelled walls and ceilings, and ornate chandeliers. But the menu is confident and focused Italian cooking, with many ingredients sourced from different regions of Italy. The seasonally-changing menu may includes dishes like starter of mussel and cannellini bean soup topped with puff pastry, main course of duck breast filled with chestnut puree with timbale of potato and pears in red wine, and pudding of vanilla panna cotta with wild berry wafer. A large selection of wines is available. Access is via the hotel St Ermin's.
Full a la carte
Starter
cold starters- Rosemary marinated swordfish ’carpaccio’ on a bed of rocket and fennel, with wine cherry tomatoes £11.80
- Fresh sea scallops in the shell, coated with lime leaves, glazed with ginger and vegetables £10.80
- Baby spinach and avocado salad, in a light mustard dressing topped with Parmesan shavings £7.80
- Capon scented with apple vinegar, served with a timbale of celeriac, wrapped with snake of beans £9.80
- Fan of Portobello mushroom, nest of crunchy vegetables and prawns in a balsamic-yoghurt sauce £8.80
- Roasted root vegetables with a tender goats cheese in philo pastry ’sauce gourmand’ £8.50
hot starters
- Creamy green pea soup with Parmesan and lemon-balm £6.80
- Gragnano’s paccheri pasta with mince lamb sauce and bell peppers ragout £8.80
- Cavatelli pasta with broad beans, clams and cherry tomato sauce £8.80
- 'Cannelloni' pasta filled with artichoke on a bed of tomato sauce topped with shaves of black truffle £11.80
- Home made tagliolini pasta with ’scampi’, courgette, scented with lemon and mint £10.80
- Risotto with asparagus £9.80
Main Course
- Monkfish medallion on a nest of spinach, served with saffron potatoes and leek sauce £19.80- Rolled swordfish ’Messina style’ with cubes of potatoes and vegetables £17.50
- Pan seared king prawns with a composition of Mediterranean grilled vegetables £16.80
- Fillet of lamb marinated with herbs crust, braised Savoy cabbage and roasted potatoes £19.80
- Breast of duck with a rich red wine sauce, orange segments and garden vegetables £16.80
- Fillet of veal with baby vegetables, potatoes ’mascot’ and sweet corn sauce £21.80
Dessert
- Alpeggio's Italian cheese selection £6.80- Slice of pineapple with lemon sorbet and maraschino’s cherry £5.30
- Fresh strawberries with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream £5.50
- Fresh fruit tart with chantilly cream £4.80
- Wild berry dome in a clear aspic, scented with moscato d’Asti ’wine’ £6.30
- Chocolate soufflé served with vanilla ice cream £5.30