Once the indie pizza star of Radcliffe Market, Luisa’s has now opened their new restaurant in Radcliffe.
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At Luisa’s on Church Street West, the pizza menu will be familiar to market regulars. They are mostly named after and inspired by various regions in Italy and their key ingredients. So Lombardia features salami Milano, gorgonzola and oregano, Napoletana has Amalfi tuna, anchovies, Leccion olives and crispy liliput capers and Genova has herb roasted chicken with scamorza (smoked mozzarella) and fresh basil and rocket pesto.
But the one they are most proud of is called Mille Fiori – meaning a thousand flowers – and has Italian black truffle honey brushed onto the crust before baking to give a caramelised flavour that complements the other toppings of goats cheese and toasted walnuts. There’s a Margherita too, don’t worry purists, as well as a whole vegan range.
The new menu goes beyond pizza though, with the likes of panelle chickpea fritters, wood-fired ribs and zucchini fritti on the Cicchetti small plates menu while pasta dishes include stapes like spag bol and carbonara but also a seafood scoglio spaghetti and a slow-cooked beef shin ragu with sautéed green beans.
There are also desserts and, yes, they include tiramisu, but the more adventurous among you might want to try the Spumoni, a terrine of layered cherry, pistachio and stracciatella gelato. Or perhaps the Fragola Pazzo which is strawberry gelato with meringue, balsamic strawberries and pink peppercorns.