Balcone Italiano

Appetisers

• Soup of the Day€6.95

• Cajun Crumbed Mushrooms€9.95

  Served with a sundried tomato, baby leaf salad and garlic dip

• Vegan Bruschetta€9.95

  Baked ciabatta with hummus, cherry tomato and vegan cheese garnished with baby leaf salad

• Chicken Liver Pate€9.95

  With spiced apple chutney, homemade brown bread and baby leaf salad

• Bruschetta€9.95

  With hummus and cherry tomato, herb ciabatta with a chickpea garlic and tahini purée, cherry tomato and dressed leaves

• Smoked Salmon Roulade€9.95

  Stuffed with a guacamole cream cheese served with beetroot purée and baby leaf salad

• Balcone Caesar Salad€8.95

  Baby gem lettuce, ciabatta crouton, crispy bacon, cherry tomato, red onion confit, parmesan and house dressing

  • Large€11.95
  • Add Fajita Chicken€13.95

• Garlic Bread€5.95

  With a garlic butter, baked in our pizza oven. Vegan Available

• Quinoa, Feta Cheese, Kalamata Olive, Green Bean, and Cherry Tomato Salad€8.95

  With basil & pine nut dressing

• Pizza Oven Baked Flatbread for Two

  With king prawns, rocket, cherry tomato and Marie Rose sauce

  • To Share€16.95

• Pizza Oven Baked Flatbread

  With Parma ham, rocket, cherry tomato, black olives, lemon Creme Fraiche and Parmesan

  • To Share€16.95

Pasta Dishes

Gluten Free Available

• Balcone Penne Carbonara€16.95

  Smoked bacon, spring onion in a garlic and white wine cream sauce finished with a parmesan, sun dried tomato pesto and served with garlic bread

• Chorizo and Roast Pepper Fettuccine€16.95

  Mildly spiced chorizo in a roast red pepper, spring onion, tomato and basil sauce garnished with parmesan and garlic bread

• Vegan Ravioli€16.95

  Beetroot ravioli filled with spiced chickpea purée in a tomato and basil sauce served with pickled fennel and garlic bread

• Penne Pollo€16.95

  Herb chicken in a tomato and pepper rose sauce, finished with parmesan, basil and pine nut dressing and garlic bread

• Ricotta and Porcini Mushroom Tortellini€16.95

  Served in a tomato white wine and cream rosé sauce garnished with parmesan and garlic bread

Main Courses

• 10oz Sirloin Steak€29.95

  Cooked to your liking served with home-cut chips, mushroom and onion skewer and pepper sauce

• Grilled Supreme of Chicken€18.95

  Served on mashed potato with braised pepper stuffing, basil and sundried tomato sauce

• Baked Supreme of Salmon€23.95

  Served on mashed potato with white wine and asparagus cream sauce garnished with pickled fennel

• Half Honey Roast Duck€26.95

  With celeriac stuffing, braised red cabbage and madeira jus

• Grilled Fillets of Seabass€27.95

  Served on parmesan spring onion and mascarpone potatoes served with a white wine, lemon and dill sauce

• 6-Hour Braised Pork Belly€19.95

  Served on mashed potato garnished with apricot and rich pan gravy

• 10oz Irish Rib Eye Steak€32.95

  Served with onion and mushroom skewer, peppercorn sauce and home cut fries

• Slow Braised Irish Rump of Lamb€27.95

  Served with mashed potato, a tarragon, mushroom, smoked bacon and tomato chasseur sauce and roast Mediterranean vegetables

Freshly Prepared Authentic Italian Pizzas

Gluten Free Available

• Pizza Pepperoni€16.95

  Fresh tomato sauce, pepperoni and premium mozzarella

• Pizza Margherita€14.95

  Fresh tomato sauce, premium mozzarella, cherry tomato, basil and pine nut dressing

• Pizza Balcone€16.95

  Fresh tomato sauce, premium mozzarella, barbeque chicken, red onion, bacon and pineapple

• Pizza Goats' Cheese€16.95

  Fresh tomato sauce, premium mozzarella, goats' cheese, roast peppers, pine nuts, red onion confit and basil oil

• Crispy Garlic Butter Base Pizza€16.95

  With premium mozzarella, pepperoni, cherry tomato, roast peppers and spring onion

Side Orders

• House Fries€3.95

• Onion Rings€3.95

• House Side Salad€3.95

• Italian Baby Roast Potatoes€3.95

• Italian Marinated Mediterannean Vegetables€3.50

Dessert Menu

€7.95

• Homemade Chocolate Brownie

  With a warm chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream

• Limoncello Cheesecake

  Served with a meringue kiss and fruit coulis

• Raspberry and White Chocolate Semifreddo

  With fresh cream and homemade biscotti praline

• Peach Melba Meringue

  Layered meringue nest with a peach compôte and raspberry sorbet

• Tirimasu

  Traditional Italian tiramisu dusted with cocoa powder

• Selection of Ice Cream

  Served in a wafer basket

After Dinner Drinks

€7.50

• Italian Coffee with Amaretto

• Tia Maria Coffee

• Irish Coffee

  Made with Tullamore D.E.W

• Baileys Coffee

Liquers and Whiskeys

• Tullamore D.E.W. 18 Year Old Single Malt€21.00

• Tullamore D.E.W. 14 Year Old Single Malt€16.00

• Disaronno Italian Liqueur€6.00

• Amaretto Italian Liqueur€6.00

• Limoncello Italian Aperitif€6.00

Cocktails

€9.50

• Frozen Daiquiri

  White rum with fresh fruit purée blended with ice. Available flavours: strawberry, passion fruit and mango

• Sex on the Beach

  Absolut vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice and topped off with cranberry juice

• Margarita

  Silver tequila, Cointreau & fresh lime juice

• Mojito

  Havana white rum, soda water, mint leaves, homemade sugar syrup, lime juice & mint sprigs

• Pornstar Martini

  Vanilla vodka, passion fruit liqueur, passion fruit purée with fresh lime juice served with a shot of prosecco

• Espresso Martini

  Vanilla vodka, Tia Maria, homemade sugar syrup and freshly brewed espresso coffee

• Long Island Iced Tea

  Vodka, gin, tequila, rum and triple sec mixed with fresh lemon juice and topped off with Coca Cola

• Cosmopolitan

  Absolut Citron vodka, Cointreau, lime juice and cranberry juice

• Piña Colada

  Malibu, coconut cream & pineapple juice

• Tom Collins

  Cork Dry Gin, fresh lemon juice squeezed & homemade sugar syrup topped off with soda water

• Mai Tai

  Malibu, Captain Morgan, orange juice, pineapple juice & grenadine

• Whiskey Sour

  Tullamore D.E.W., egg whites, freshly squeezed lemon juice & homemade sugar syrup. Topped with angostura bitters

• Bramble

  House gin, Chambord, fresh lemon juice and sugar syrup

For the Table

• Pitcher of Sex on the Beach

  Absolut Vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice and topped off with cranberry juice

  • Serves 5€41.00

• Pitcher of Woo Woo

  Vodka, peach schnapps, lime juice and topped off with cranberry juice

  • Serves 5€41.00

• Pitcher of Long Island Ice Tea

  Vodka, gin, tequila, rum and triple sec mixed with fresh lemon juice and topped off with Coca Cola

  • Serves 5€49.00

• Gin Tree

  House gin served with tonic waters andgarnish

  • Serves 9€65.00