New: Piatto di Legno, a wooden platter full of home-made specialties, including Massimo’s breads, baked in the morning in the wood burning oven. Ideal to share as a starter, or for one person as a main. The ingredients will vary with season and availability, here are some of the good things you will find:
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Parma Ham and melon
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Salame or Coppa
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Giardiniera
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Melanzane alla Calabrese
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Zucchine in carpione
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Crostino with fresh goat cheese and salsa verde
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Fior di latte mozzarella with pesto
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Tuscan beans salad
Massimo's breads are made with Eureka Mills flour, the same used for our pizza bases. The rye bread is raised for 48 hours, a process that give a unique taste and fragrance.
for daily specials:
Typical Full Italian Experience Menu example (all subject to seasonality & availability of ingredients, please call in advance to ensure we have wheat-free pizza)
(Click here for the full Pizza Menu) (Click here for the wine & drinks list)
Starters (one of the following)
- Green salad, dressed with olive oil & balsamic, toasted pine nuts and parmesan shavings
- Marinated grilled seasonal vegetables
- Salami, mozzarella & fresh fruit with extra virgin olive oil
- Margherita (real hand torn mozzarella with tasty tomato base – kids’ favourite)
- Coppa ham & rucola (rocket)
- White pizza (no tomato) smoked scamorza cheese, garlic & fresh herbs
- Duck & pan-fried mushrooms
- Date & blue cheese
- Pear & Gorgonzola
- Pissaladiere – no cheese but slow-cooked onions with herbs, tomato & lots of anchovies & olives
- Nutella
- Banana, ricotta, honey & almonds
Home-made desserts (one of the following)
- Ice-creams, all the popular favourites plus a few surprises
- Tiramisu
- Chocolate Nutella cake
- Chestnut cake
- Panna cotta
We offer a selection of South African wines, including some Italian varietals grown here, and local beers which are an ideal accompaniment to pizza. Click here for the wine & drinks list.
In addition you can try (or take home) our Limoncello, an Italian after dinner drink, made by Massimo with local organic lemons....and now: Massimo's new liquor: Bicerin, a traditional Torinese chocolat liquor.
Most ingredients are sourced locally and are organic where possible. This helps to reduce food miles and our carbon footprint and makes the best use of South Africa's wonderful produce.
After all, why ship something thousands of miles when the same quality ingredients can be found locally?
For example:
you won't find Italian mineral water at the Pizza Club as South Africa has perfectly good bottled (and tap) water!
we only buy the best stone-ground flour: Eureka Mills, used by the best bakers in SA.
the milk used for our ice-creams and desserts is from Fair Cape; free range from just around the corner in Durbanville.
However, our first priority is the quality of our ingredients, which means some foods have to be imported from Italy.