Balistreri's bluemond inn

Appetizers

• Garlic Toast Caponato

  Grilled garlic toast topped with sweet and sour eggplant, tomato, olive, caper and pine nuts relish

• Melon Carpaccio

  Thin slices of prosciutto, hot soppressata, Tuscan salami and melon with olives and shaved parmesan reggiano

• Bruschetta

  Balistreri's garlic bread topped with tomato, onion, garlic, fresh basil and parmesan cheese

• Braised Mussels

  Choose 1 of 3 styles. white wine and garlic butter, tomato and saffron, parmesan cream, tomato concasse, and feta

• Tomato Artichoke Gratinee

  Artichokes in a tomato garlic cream sauce topped with a blend of five cheeses and baked to golden brown

• Sautéed Chicken Livers

  Fresh chicken livers sautéed with onions and mushrooms, herbs and garlic in a white wine sauce with crostini

• Roasted Wild Mushroom Bruschetta Bread

  Roasted wild mushrooms atop toasted flatbread with a honey balsamic glaze

• Shrimp Cocktail

  Tender shrimp served with cocktail sauce and lemon

• Baked Mozzarella

  Medallions of fresh Mozzarella cheese breaded and pan fried then baked in our marinara sauce

• Escargot

  Choose 1 of 2 Styles:garlic butter, white wine, and shallot, garlic butter, sun dried tomato, caper, anchovy paste, and olive

• Bleu Beef

  Seared tenderloin tips topped with gorgonzola cheese and served with crostini

• Onion Rings

  Not available on Friday. Buttermilk coated haystack onion rings

• Fried Eggplant Strips

  Not available on Friday. Served with spaghetti sauce and lemons

• Anchovy Bread

  (5 slices) Our garlic bread topped with anchovy fillets baked to golden

• Balistreri's Pizza Bread

  (5 slices) Our bread topped with Balistreri's pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese and baked

• Cheese Bread

  (5 slices) Our garlic bread topped with mozzarella and parmensan cheese baked to perfection

• Garlic Bread

  (5 slices). Our bread topped with garlic butter and parmensan cheese baked golden brown

• Fried Calamari

  Served with marinara sauce and lemons

• Mozzarella Marinara

  Six of our breaded mozzarella cheese sticks served with our marinara sauce

Salads

• Caprese Salad

  Freshly sliced vine ripened tomatoes layered with fresh mozzarella cheese and drizzled with basil olive oil and a balsamic vinegar reduction topped with fresh basil leaves

• Italian Tuna and Chickpea Salad

  Imported Italian tuna atop of romaine lettuce with garbanzo beans, tomatoes, olives, artichokes, red onion, cucumber and hard boiled egg dressed with garlic oil, lemon, and herbs

• Maple and Apple Salad

  Baby spinach tossed with bacon, red onions, goat cheese, grilled apples, and maple vinaigrette and topped with candied walnuts

• Tuscan Bread Salad

  Romaine lettuce, cucumbers, onions, green olives, smoked salmon and shaved parmesan tossed with cubed garlic bread and limoncello vinaigrette presented with grape tomatoes, pepperoncinis, and sliced eggs

• Tossed Salad

  Mesclun, grape tomatoes, and radish sprouts, drizzled with balsamic herb vinaigrette

• Balistreri's Salad

  (entrée salad includes garlic bread) A mixture of romaine and green leaf lettuce tossed with creamy mustard vinaigrette and topped with shaved red onions, crispy prosciutto, and a touch of blue cheese.

• Caesar Salad**

  (entrée salad includes garlic bread) Romaine lettuce tossed with our own croutons and Caesar dressing

Salad Extras

• Porcini or Portabella Mushroom

• Chicken Breast

• Grilled Shrimp

Soup of the Day

Topped with croutons and Italian cheeses and baked to perfection

• Soup of the Day

• Tomato Bisque

• Baked Tomato Bisque

Risotto Del Giorno

Chef's risotto special is prepared daily please ask your server for details

Pastas

All pasta entrées are served with fresh Italian bread and a choice of soup or salad. Gluten Free Pasta may be subsituted in pasta entrees

• Pasta Pomodoro with Chicken

  Diced chicken breast sautéed in olive oil with garlic, basil, tomato, and white wine finished with fresh mozzarella

• Angry Pasta

  Penne pasta sautéed with garlic, olives, onions, and hot giardiniera in a fresh tomato sauce. Add grilled chicken or bay shrimp

• Pasta Carbonara

  Crispy pancetta, shallots, garlic, white wine cream sauce finished with egg yolk and parmesan reggiano

• Bucatini Bolognese

  Pasta tossed with mushroom, Italian sausage, meat sauce, cream and four cheese blend

• Pasta Balistreri

  Italian sausage, roasted garlic, red and yellow peppers, shallots, basil chiffonade, caramelized fennel, fresh mozzarella, and mushrooms, tossed in a zesty marinara sauce with rigatoni pasta

• Italian Sausage Pasta*

  Cooked in Alfredo sauce with ham and peas topped with crispy prosciutto and blend of Italian cheese

• Fettuccini Alfredo

  Wide flat pasta tossed in Alfredo cream sauce with a hint of white wine, garlic, nutmeg and white pepper. Porcini or Portabella Mushroom, Chicken Breast, Sautéed Shrimp

• Lasagna*

  Layers of lasagna pasta, three kinds of Italian cheese, seasoned beef, mushrooms, and our own special sauce

• Vegetable Lasagna*

  Grilled eggplant, grilled bell peppers, spinach, layered with ricotta and mozzarella cheese with lasagne pasta and baked in our signature sauce

Ravioli

All ravioli may be prepared with a choice or spaghetti or marinara sauce add meatballs or meat sauce

• Tuscan Beef Ravioli*

  Pillows of pasta filled with braised beef and root vegetables sautéed in virgin olive oil with garlic, spinach, tomato concasse and artichokes topped with a blend of four Italian cheeses

• Buffalo Cheese Ravioli*

  Sunflower shaped pasta filled with fresh buffalo mozzarella cheese and sautéed in garlic and herb in fresh tomato sauce

• Mushroom Ravioli*

  Porcini and truffle filled pasta topped with a triffalate of wild mushroom, Italian sausage, cream, sherry wine, and sage

Meat

All steak entrées are prepared to your liking and served with fresh Italian bread, a choice of soup or salad, Chef's vegetable and a choice of risotto del giorno, mashed potatoes, fries, baked potato, or capellini pasta with garlic butter. Steaks are topped with a choice of compound butters: Port wine Duxelle, Sicilian Spiced, or Garlic and Truffle

• Traditional Filet

  8 ounces U.S.D.A. Choice

• New York Strip

  16 ounces U.S.D.A. Choice

• Steak Temperature Cooking Chart

  Rare: Red & Cool, Medium Rare: Red & Warm, Medium: Pink & Hot, Medium Well: Thoroughly Cooked

• Steak Extras

  au Poivre, Blackened, Bacon Wrapped, Bleu Cheese, Sautéed Button Mushrooms

House Specialties

• Trinciaccietti

  2 5 ounce U.S.D.A. Choice Skirt Steaks.Skirt steaks breaded and pan fried Sicilian style and served with angel hair pasta and garlic butter

• Steak Sicilian Style

  Your choice of a house-cut Filet mignon or New York Strip butterflied lighty breaded and pan fried with onions, sweet peppers, and mushrooms served with a side of lemons and red sauce

• Steak Del Monico Style

  14 ounce U.S.D.A. Choice. House-cut Rib Eye marinated in the classic New York recipe and grilled, topped with stout battered onion rings and served with sautéed mushrooms and home-made potato chips

• Prime Rib

  Served Friday, Saturday, and Sunday dinner King (16 ounces) Queen (12 ounces) Slow roasted prime rib of beef Au Jus with mushrooms

Veal Scallopini, Chicken Breast, Pork Cutlet

• Parmesan Style

  Sautéed Sicilian breaded with spaghetti sauce and mozzarella served with capellini pasta with garlic butter

• Balistreri Style

  Parmesan style plus prosciutto, eggplant, and spinach, served with capellini pasta with garlic butter

• Picatta Style

  Lightly floured and sautéed with shallots, garlic, herbs, and capers finished in lemon, butter, white wine sauce

• Marsala Style

  Lightly floured and sautéed with shallots, garlic, sun dried tomatoes, wild mushrooms, Marsala wine, and demi glace

• Calabrese Style

  Sautéed with onions, sweet peppers and hot giardiniera presented with roasted potatoes and lemons

• Sicilian Style

  Lightly breaded and pan fried with onions, sweet peppers, and mushrooms served with a side lemons and red sauce

• Chicken Hunter Style

  Half bone in chicken in a rich red sauce with green peppers, caramelized onions, olives, and capers

• Brocciuloni

  Beef Filets pounded and stuffed with salami, Italian sausage, peas, eggs, provolone and asiago braised in tomato sauce

• Spiedini

  Beef medallions filled with Italian cheeses and tomato stuffing, breaded, skewered, and grilled with onion and bay leaf

• Lamb buco Alla Dario Zulliani

  One pound lamb shank braised with white wine, garlic, rosemary in a mushroom tomato cream sauce served with Chef's vegetables and mashed potatoes

• Rabbit Hunter Style

  Local farm raised rabbit braised in red wine, marinara, onions, peppers, mushrooms, and olives served with penne

• Eggplant Parmesan

  Sliced eggplant with parmesan cheese and red sauce served over angel hair pasta in garlic butter

• Pork Chop Sicilian

  Pan fried ten ounce pork chop breaded Sicilian style topped with sautéed onion, garlic, bell peppers, and mushrooms served with a choice of starch, side of spaghetti sauce, and lemons

• Pork Calabrese Style

  Pork loin medallions sautéed with onions, peppers, and hot giardiniera presented with roasted potatoes and lemons

• Seafood

  All seafood entrées are served with fresh Italian bread and a choice of soup or salad

• Lobster 14 ounce South African Tail

  "Considered the World's Best Lobster!" Served with Chef's vegetable and drawn butter with a choice of potato

• Fruit of the Sea**

  Bay scallops, shrimp, lump crab meat, and linguini pasta tossed with tomato concasse and lemon

• San Francisco Style Fish Stew

  Mussels, prawns, sea scallops, clams, and cod stewed in a marinara with fennel and aromatic vegetables. Presented with a side of penne pasta

• Fettucine Al Trieste

  Bay scallops and shrimps sautéed with tomato concasse, garlic, and oregano in a feta cheese Alfredo sauce

• Grilled Salmon Vesuvio Style**

  Char grilled salmon fillet finished with lemon, capers, oregano and garlic, served with Chef's risotto

• Capesante In Padella Sautéed Scallops

  Pan seared scallops on a ragu of spinach, red onion, and white bean, dressed with salsa verde and crispy prosciutto

• Seafood Sauté

  Gulf shrimp and scallops sautéed in garlic butter with white wine, herbs, and tomato pesto tossed with linguine pasta

• Linguini con Vongole Linguine and Clams

  Served with your choice of a lemon garlic white wine sauce or zesty marinara sauce

• Fruit of Sea Spicy Style

  Shrimp and mussels cooked in a spicy marinara sauce and tossed with linguine pasta

• Sea Bass Tuscan Style

  Sea bass steak dredged in olive oil and seasoned bread crumbs baked and served on penne with sautéed vegetables

Friday Fish

All fish entrées are served with fresh Italian bread. Served on Friday only!

• Sautéed Walleye

  Served with Chef's vegetable and your choice of potato or pasta

• Breaded Walleye Fry

  Breaded walleye, served with Cole slaw, French fries, tartar sauce, and lemons

• Breaded Perch Fry

  Breaded perch, served with Cole slaw, French fries, tartar sauce, and lemons

• Baked Italian Cod

  Cod dredged in olive oil and bread crumbs baked, topped with onion tomato relish atop capellini pasta with garlic butter

• Cod Fish Fry

  Voted one of Milwaukee's top 5. Served with Cole slaw, French fries, tartar sauce, and lemons

• Fish 'n Chips

  English style battered cod served with chips, malt vinegar, Cole slaw, tartar sauce, and lemons

Gourmet Sandwiches

All sandwiches served with a choice of potato chips, cottage cheese, French fries, or fresh fruit

• Grilled Tenderloin (6 ounce)

  Tenderloin filet gilled to your liking and served with truffle mayonnaise, sweet onions, marinated portabella mushroom cap, and Arugula on garlic bread

• Grilled Rib Eye

  Grilled prime rib served open faced on toasted white bread and with a side of au jus

• Grilled Chicken Breast

  Chicken breast grilled and served with fresh mozzarella, roma tomatoes, and basil oil on ciabatta bread

• Charbroiled Burger (8 ounce)**

  A Black Angus hamburger charbroiled to your liking and served with prosciutto, portabella mushroom, and provolone cheese or Nueske's bacon and cheddar cheese on a Kaiser roll

• Pork Calabrese

  Grilled boneless chop topped with sautéed peppers and onions topped with provolone and spicy aioli on garlic bread

Balistreri's Pizza At Its Very Best

Round 12, Medium 11 X 13", Large 14 X 16

• Cheese Balistreri's Pizza

  Prepared on Balistreri's thin crust pizza with our own special mozzarella cheese and Balistreri's pizza sauce

• "The Special" Balistreri's Pizza

  Prepared on Balistreri's thin crust pizza with our own special mozzarella cheese, Italian sausage, mushrooms, olives, onions, and Balistreri's pizza sauce

• "The Pepperoni Special" Balistreri's Pizza

  Prepared on Balistreri's thin crust pizza with our own mozzarella cheese, Italian sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, olives, onions, and Balistreri's pizza sauce

• "The Works" Balistreri's Pizza

  Prepared on Balistreri's thin crust pizza with our own mozzarella cheese, Italian sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, olives, onions, green peppers and Balistreri's pizza sauce

• "The Veggie" Balistreri's Pizza

  Prepared on Balistreri's thin crust pizza with our own mozzarella cheese, mushrooms, olives, onions, green peppers, tomato, and Balistreri's pizza sauce

• "Everything but the Kitchen Sink" Balistreri's Pizza

  Prepared on Balistreri's pizza thin crust pizza with our own mozzarella cheese, Italian sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, olives, onions, green peppers, anchovies, and Balistreri's pizza sauce

• "The Anchovy Heaven" Balistreri's Pizza

  Prepared on Balistreri's pizza thin crust pizza with our own mozzarella cheese, Italian sausage, mushrooms, olives, onions, anchovies, and Balistreri's pizza sauce

Extras on Balistreri's Pizza

Our own Mozzarella Cheese, Italian Sausage, Pepperoni, Mushrooms, Black Olives, Green Peppers, Onions, or Garlic

• Additional Ingredients Available For Balistreri's Pizzas

  Tomatoes, Anchovies, Pineapple, Pepperoncinis, Green Olives, Fresh Red Peppers, Artichoke Hearts, Fresh Mushrooms, Ground Beef, Canadian Bacon, Bacon, Chicken, or Fresh Spinach

• Extra Balistreri's Pizza Sauce and/or Thick Crust Available

  At No Charge, Round 12 Gluten Free Pizza Crust add $1 Above orders can be had in various combinations. Balistreri's pizzas are priced per ingredient any fraction of ingredient will be charged as one ingredient. We will be happy to prepare a partially baked ("half baked") Balistreri's pizza for you to take home for your freezer.

Gourmet Balistreri's Pizza

Round 12, Medium 11 X 13, Large 14 X 16

• Balistreri's Pizza Margherita

  Extra virgin olive oil, fresh mozzarella, and vine ripened roma tomatoes, seasoned to perfection and served on a gourmet thick crust

• Pesto Shrimp Pizza

  Basil pesto, rock shrimp, our own mozzarella cheese, shaved red onion, and diced tomato served on a gourmet thick crust

• White Pizza

  Garlic butter, white button mushrooms, mozzarella, parmesan, Romano, and goat cheese topped with white truffle oil served on our gourmet thick crust

• Chicken San Remo Pizza

  Roasted red peppers, portabella mushrooms, spinach, and goat cheese on our gourmet thick crust

• Mediterranean Pizza

  Virgin olive oil, garlic, artichokes, sun dried tomato, red onions, kalamata olives, our own mozzarella cheese, feta and fresh basil served on our gourmet thick crust

• Balistreri's Pizza Arrabbiata

  Spicy sauce, mozzarella, parmesan, pepperoni, Canadian bacon, Italian sausages, garlic, and hot giardiniera served on our gourmet thick crust

• The Milwaukee Pizza

  Aged white cheddar cheese, charbroiled bratwurst, Polish sausage, red onions, and caramelized sauerkraut on our gourmet thick crust

• Chicken Alfredo Pizza

  Topped with creamy ricotta cheese, garlic, parmesan cheese, grilled chicken with a hint of nutmeg on our gourmet thick crust

• Sfinciuni Balistreri

  Extra thick Balistreri's pizza crust with anchovies, Romano cheese, green olives, ragu of tomato and onion, grated parmesan cheese, and virgin olive oil