Fresh pasta and Italian wine at Glasgow’s Banca Di Roma

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We spoke to head chef and head sommelier at Banca Di Roma in Glasgow’s Royal Exchange Square to see how they make pasta dishes from scratch and discover more about wine pairings.

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00:00It's all fresh, all homemade.

00:02The first step you take into the building,

00:03you just know straight away that you're in somewhere special.

00:05Okay, today I introduce to you my very popular dish on the menu.

00:10It's very popular and I have here seafood fettuccine.

00:15And it's a mix of seafood.

00:18It's clams, mussels, scallops, prawns, squid.

00:26And here we have a tortelli.

00:29Always I keep the tortelli in my menu.

00:32It's a very nice combination between burrata, ricotta and nduja.

00:38Plus with buttered sage, hazelnuts and balsamic vinegar.

00:43And then we've got the wines.

00:45We've got a materano, so it's from Lazio region.

00:47Both the wines, they are indigenous to that region.

00:51Materano is a really fresh, zippy, fragrant wine.

00:54It has a lot of these aromatic herbs to it, which goes really well with that kind of fresh seafood.

00:58And personally, I think it just goes fantastic with the sauce they have as well.

01:02And it's just something that you will not find anywhere else.

01:04We've imported it specially for us, so you will not find it anywhere in Glasgow.

01:08Most likely not in the United Kingdom either.

01:10So I think with that as well, it's such an interesting choice to have.

01:12And then along the right, you've got a more familiar grape, a Cabernet Sauvignon,

01:16which is that more full-bodied, that rich, a little bit more herbal, a little bit more balsamic to it.

01:21And it goes really well with the kind of ventusia, that slight bit of spice from the Tortelli.

01:25And again, you know, these are people who have been making wines for hundreds of years,

01:28but are just very well-known.

01:29And I think bringing them up to, you know, what we can show and how they can taste

01:33is a really great experience to have for customers and for me to sell.

01:37I'm in Banco di Roma. It's probably Italian food.

01:40This beautiful restaurant.

01:42And now I start to building the new menu.

01:45It's all, everything fresh, homemade pasta.

01:49And the thing I suggest Banco di Roma, because everything we do here,

01:54all the production from the past, everything is here.

01:58It's a big menu, but that is, I think, the difference,

02:02where the tasting, everything, it's because it's all fresh, all homemade.

02:07So I think when it comes into, the first step you take into the building,

02:11you just know straight away that you're in somewhere special.

02:13I think it's an iconic building. People know it from the outside.

02:15And I think everyone still gets wild when they come in through the inside.

02:18And I think for me personally, that reflects on the food and obviously on the wine.

02:22You know, it comes hand in hand.

02:24For us, you know, we obviously specialize in Italian wines.

02:27And maybe not just your basic ones that you know and have tried before,

02:30but the ones that are indigenous to different varieties, different regions.

02:34And I think something that is special.

02:36And I think, you know, the amount of effort we make on making our food taste great

02:40is what we should be chasing, choosing the right wines for the right food.

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