Review on Caldesi in Campagna

Giancarlo and Katie Caldesi made their names with a restaurant, caffe and cookery school in Marylebone (not to mention TV jaunts to Tuscany) and went on to launch this new venture in the 'campagna' (affluent Bray, to be precise). Michelin stars are thick on the ground in this neck of the woods, but the emphasis here is on big-hearted rustic peasant food with a strong regional accent.

The interior has been eye-catchingly spruced up with striped fabric wallpaper, a billowing tent-like ceiling, old Italian photographs and a bar salvaged from Sienna. Specialities from Tuscany, Liguria and Sicily (the chef's home patch) dominate the menu: look for corzetti (handmade pasta branded with a wooden stamp), 'scottiglia' (a Tuscan stew packed with game and slow-cooked meats) and pannacotta all'Amaretto con prugne arrostite (Amaretto pannacotta with roasted plums). Other temptations might include green fettuccine with rabbit ragù, monkfish with shrimps, pumpkin and black truffle, and doughnut sticks with Strega crème pâtisserie and Sambuca jam.

Sunday lunch is real family treat, Tuscan-style, with prosecco and crostini to start the ball rolling and a feast of delights centring on meats roasted in an outdoor oven. If that doesn't conjure up nostalgic memories of Italian holidays, the wine list will surely do the trick. Glorious vintages from Tuscany, Piedmont and elsewhere abound and there's hardly a dud among the lot.

Caldesi in Campagna is also featured in: Michelin Guide, Hardens

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Cuisine

Italian

Chef

Gregorio Piazza

Restaurant Opening Times

Lunch: 12.00 - 3.30pm Tue-Sun
Dinner: 6.00 - 11.30pm Tue-Sat

Accepted credit cards

Visa, Master Card, American Express

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Facilities at Caldesi in Campagna

  • Alfresco dining
  • Private parties
  • Vegetarian menu
  • 60 covers

Address

Caldesi in Campagna
Old Mill Lane
Bray
Berkshire
SL6 2BG

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Caldesi in Campagna Sample Menu

SAMPLE A LA CARTE
Prosecco £ 9.50 Negroni Sbagliato £ 8.50 Gin Mare and Mediterranean Tonic £12.00

ANTIPASTI
Courgette carpaccio, courgette flowers, ricotta, melon, yellow tomato, pepper, green chilli £9.5
Grana padano cheese timbale, tomato concassé, basil oil £11.5
Burrata, heritage tomatoes, sweet and sour caramelised onion dressing £12.5
Tuna carpaccio, cucumber and peach salad, citrus dressing £14.5
Slow cooked calamari, tomato, garlic and chilli sauce, toasted carasau bread £14.5
San daniele ham, salami, coppa, bufalo mozzarella, grilled vegetables, olives £15.5
Seared Scottish scallops, carrot cream, crispy pancetta £15.5

PASTA
Fettuccine, cherry tomatoes sauce, buffalo mozzarella, basil Starter £12.5 Main course £14.5
Home made pappardelle, slow cooked beef and veal ragu Starter £14.5 Main course £17.5
Sea bass ravioli, lemon and butter sauce, tomato concassé Starter £15.5 Main course £18.5
Tagliolini, white Cornish crabmeat, garlic, chilli Starter £17 Main course £19

SECONDI
Pan-fried calf's liver, butter, garlic and sage, olive oil mash £22.5
Chicken rollè, stuffed with veal minced and dry fruit, asparagus, carrot cream, truffle jus £22.5
Panfried fillet of hake, white whine, cherry tomaotoes, capers, olives, fine beans £24
Grilled fillet of seabass, tyme dressing, cauliflower cream, baby vegetables £24
Veal parcels filled with pecorino, porcini mushrooms sauce, spinach £26.5
Slow cooked lamb shoulder, herb crusted cutlet, peas cream, potato cake £28.5
Chargrilled 28 days aged 8oz Aberdeen sirloin steak, Balsamic, rocket, Parmesan, roast potatoes £28.5
Grilled king prawn, sea bass, red mullet, South West squid, chilli, garlic, salad leaves £29.5

CONTORNI All £4.50
Roasted potatoes alla nonna with fennel seeds and herbs
Rocket and Parmesan salad
Sautéed spinach
Mediterranean grilled vegetables
Fine beans, garlic and chilli

DESSERTS
Tortino di fichi, arance e mandorle
Figs, almond and orange cake with mascarpone cream
£9.50
Tiramisu al Vin Santo
Giancarlo's version of tiramisu with Vin Santo.
£9.50
Torta amara al cioccolato
Flourless bitter sugar free chocolate cake, coconuts mousse,
passion fruit ice cream
£9.50
Gelati
Selection of homemade ice cream and sorbet
£7.95
Bomboloni,crema di vaniglia, marmellata lamponi Sambuca
Italian style doughnuts with vanilla custard, Sambuca and berry jam
£9.50
Spuma di limone ghiacciata
Lemon iced foam, mint sauce, caramel and almond crumble
£9.50
Selezione di formaggi
Italian cheese,nutty bread,red onions chutney,apple compote,honey
£13.50
Grana Padano e miele al tartufo
Grana Padano cheese, truffle honey, nutty bread, grapes.
£13.50

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