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Pizzeria owners cut out festive expense with set menu deal

Siblings at a Newcastle Italian restaurant are slicing the cost of Christmas dining.

Geordie-Italian siblings Aldo, Joseph and Cristina De Giorgi, who own Pasqualino’s Bar-Pizzeria on Market Street, are keeping prices low by running a special set menu deal throughout the winter season.

From 12-2pm diners can order two courses for just £7.95 or three courses for £9.95 from the set menu, which includes any starter, any pizza or pasta dish, and a tub of Pasqualino’s ice cream. From 5-10pm, two courses cost just £9.95, or £11.95 for three courses.

Starters on the menu include Pizza Al Aglio – garlic bread with olive oil, and Minestrone soup served with sourdough bread.

The stonebaked, hand pulled, sourdough pizzas include ‘Coco’ - San Marzano tomatoes, Cherry tomato, buffalo mozzarella, Kalamata olives, hazelnut pesto and fresh basil, ‘Joel’ - San Marzano tomatoes, ricotta, sprouting broccoli, chilli and toasted pinenuts, and ‘Boscaiola’ – San Marzano tomatoes, Fior Di Latte mozzarella, Italian cooked ham, chestnut mushrooms and fresh thyme.

Pasta dishes include Penne Amatriciana – Penne pasta with smoked pancetta, onion and tomato sugo, and Pappadelle Formaggio – ribbons of egg pasta with cheese fondue, walnuts and tallegio cheese.

Diners can then enjoy a tub of Pasqualino’s artisan ice cream in vanilla, strawberry, chocolate or cookies and cream.

Cristina De Giorgi said: “We want to offer great value to diners all year round – whatever time of year it is, so we have put our hugely popular set menu deal in place for the Christmas season. Our customers can be sure that their festive work party or their family get-together won’t break the bank, and we look forward to showcasing a selection of inventive seasonal specials on the blackboard too.”

The family made a £100,000 investment in a new open kitchen earlier this year, including the installation of a Woodstone oven weighing four tonnes and reaching a temperature of 900˚f. This high temperature allows the intense blast cooking that locks in aroma and moisture, giving a soft but crisp easily digested pizza crust.

The siblings are well known in the Newcastle dining scene, having created some of the city’s most popular bars and restaurants including Paradiso, Popolo, Intermezzo, Alvinos, Secco, Don Vito’s and 9Bar Coffee.

Pasqualino’s is also offering 20% off cocktails in the bar area from 9.30pm until late. The offer is valid until 30 November and can be redeemed by visiting www.pasqualinos.co.uk and printing off the offer form.

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