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The Flexitarian » Veggie News » Carluccio’s Launches Meat Free Monday Vegetarian Pop-Up

Carluccio’s Launches Meat Free Monday Vegetarian Pop-Up

Carluccios Cucina verde

Carluccio’s is the latest name to embrace the meat free trend as flexitarians, vegans and vegetarians will be able to dine together at Cucina Verde, Carluccio’s first ever exclusively vegetarian pop-up, featuring over 20 Italian veggie and vegan dishes from Antonio Carluccio, in collaboration with cook, food blogger and writer Anna Barnett.

From 23 October, for four consecutive Meat Free Mondays, the Cucina Verde will be popping-up on the first floor of Carluccio’s flagship restaurant on Covent Garden’s Garrick Street.

Taking vegetables from humble sides to championing elements, the entire first floor of the Covent Garden restaurant will be converted into a meatless dining experience, with eye-catching displays of key ingredients reflecting the quality and provenance of the produce.

Antonio Carluccio's Cucina Verde

Neil Wickers, CEO of Carluccio’s comments: “We have seen a huge demand for more vegetarian and vegan dishes, many from our millennial diners who are giving up or reducing their meat intake, either for environmental and/or health reasons. Our new menu firmly puts the spotlight on vegetables and the Cucina Verde has been created to further highlight the variety of delicious meat-free dishes we now have on offer across all our restaurants every day”.

The first national restaurant group in the UK to launch such an initiative, the Cucina Verde marks the arrival of Carluccio’s Autumn/Winter menu which features one of the largest selections of vegan and vegetarian dishes of any nationwide restaurant group.

Vegetables are no longer just humble sides, but the main event in many of Carluccio’s new dishes and, with the number of vegans in Britain having risen by more than 360% in the past decade, a fifth of them living in the capital, the menu reflects this demand for meat-free dishes and a shift to a more flexitarian approach to dining.

Butternut Squash Carluccio's Cucina Verde

Suitable for vegans, autumn/winter menu choices include crostini al funghi, sautéed mushrooms and kale in garlic and chilli on toasted ciabatta; the traditional Puglian dish with a vegan twist of polpette di pane featuring meatless bread balls of semi-dried tomatoes, garlic, capers and rustica olives in a tomato sauce on spaghetti and orecchiette al cavoflore with cauliflower purée, sautéed kale, chilli and roasted turmeric cauliflower floretsOther vegetarian choices, all of which can be adapted for vegan diets, include the vibrant zucca con verdure arrostite – roasted butternut squash and vegetables with pine nuts (served with or without goat’s cheese) and garlic herb breadcrumbs and pasta e fagioli, a traditional thick soup of pasta, borlotti beans and tomatoes from northern Italy.

Simply too good to every take off the menu are Carluccio’s signature vegetable dishes of penne giardiniera, giant Pugliese penne with crispy spinach balls; Antonio’s famous mushroom risotto with a hint of chilli and truffle oil as well as a fabulous sharing verdure board laden with roasted peppers with garlic, tomato and onion, poponcini peppers with pesto, red onion marmalade with goat’s cheese bruschetta, marinated artichokes, balsamic onions, caponata, mint & garlic marinated green beans, mixed olives, caper berries and homemade focaccia.

With the new menu available across the UK and Ireland this month, and the pop-up putting down temporary roots in Covent Garden, Garrick St, London WC2E 9BH from 23rd October, come and celebrate the joy of vegetables.

Spaces are limited so make sure you book online from Friday 13th October or call the restaurant on 020 7836 0990 quoting ‘Cucina Verde’.

Buon appetite!

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