Wild garlic pesto
One of our favourite things about spring is wild garlic. Each March our pizzaioli from all over the country and our central support team go to Dorset to forage for this fresh and fragrant ingredient, ready to star on our spring menu.
Hand picked & homemade
Wild garlic, also know as ransoms and bears leaks, is perfect for picking this time of year, right before the flowers bloom. It’s delicious and punchy in salads and soups, but we like it best in our wild garlic pesto – which just happens to make a fantastic pizza topping.
We decided to make things interesting by turning the day into a competition: whoever picks the most, wins. Cambridge head pizzaiolo Roberto scooped the prize, harvesting 21kg and winning a bottle of bubbles and meal out for himself and a guest.
405kg of wild garlic later, we headed back to our kitchens to prepare our pesto.
You can try our wild garlic pesto on our new No.7 pizza – created by our head pizzaiolo, Alfonso Marseglia. It features spicy lamb sausage from the Yorkshire Dales, tomatoes from Gragnano, roasted aubergine, mozzarella, and of course, wild garlic pesto.
The new No.7 is available in all of our pizzerias from April 30th for £9.
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Wild garlic picking 2024
Spring has well and truly sprung, and here at Franco Manca that can only mean one thing… it’s wild garlic time!
From Brixton to Brixton
All good things must come to an end, so they say - and become even better. We can’t quite believe it’s happening, but after 15 amazing years at our very first site in Brixton Market, we’re moving!
Say hello to the new no.10 from Francesco Mazzei!
We are so excited to welcome this delicious (and stunning) new pizza to our menu: Prosciutto Parmacotto, smoked burrata, lightly spiced yellow tomato base, mozzarella, fresh basil & black pepper.
Bringing Napoli eating culture. Closer to you.
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