Prawns, mussels, tuna and anchovies: seafood at Ivano's in Dumfries

Ivano's Italiano, the Italian takeaway at 11 Whitesands in Dumfries, cooks prawns, mussels, tuna and anchovies in its pasta, risotto and pizzas, as well as fish suppers from the fryer. The best known is the tagliatelle Marinara, prawns and mussels in a tomato sauce with a hint of chilli, which customers have named in their reviews over the years. Here's what's on offer, and what anyone with a fish or shellfish allergy needs to know first.

First, a word about "marinara"

The word means different things in different places. In Italy, a pizza marinara has no seafood at all, and in America, marinara sauce is plain tomato. In Britain it usually means seafood, and on our menu it does. Our guide to the Italian words on our menu has more like it.

Seafood pasta

Four pasta dishes are built around seafood, all starting from our arrabbiata, a tomato sauce with garlic and chilli:

• Marinara

  Prawns and mussels in Italian tomato sauce, with a hint of chilli

• Gamberetti Chilli

  Prawns in a rich tomato sauce with a hint of chilli. Gamberetti means small prawns

• Imperiale Gamberetti

  Prawns in tomato sauce with a hint of chilli, finished with a touch of cream

• Al Tonno

  Tuna in a rich tomato sauce with garlic and chilli

Choose penne or spaghetti, or tagliatelle for a small extra charge.

All four can also be made with our gluten-free penne, which is cooked in its own pan, in fresh water, with its own utensils. Our kitchen handles wheat every night, though, so those dishes still carry a "may contain gluten" mark: if you're coeliac, please read our article on gluten and allergies and talk to us first.

Seafood risotto

Our Marinara Seafood Risotto is seafood rice with mussels and prawns. It sits with our other risottos on the menu, and you can add more seafood, or chilli, when you order.

Pizza with fish

• Al Tonno & Cipolla: tuna and onion on tomato and mozzarella.
• Pizza Di Napoli: anchovies and capers on tomato and mozzarella. Salty and sharp.

You can also add tuna, anchovies, mussels or prawns to any of our pizzas when you order.

Build your own

Every pasta dish on our menu takes seafood add-ons: tuna, anchovies, mussels and prawns. Prawns in Al Creama, our cream and white wine sauce, or mussels and prawns in arrabbiata, are both good places to start. Our guide to creating your own pizza or pasta has the full list.

Fish from the fryer

And then there's the fish supper: fish in batter, with chips. In 2014 our website said Ivano made his crispy batter with two different types of flour. Our fryers use beef dripping, so nothing from them is suitable for vegetarians. The rest of the chip shop menu is in our article on fish suppers.

If you have a fish or shellfish allergy

Please read this before you order. Our allergen table separates the three groups the law lists:

• Crustaceans: prawns.
• Molluscs: mussels.
• Fish: tuna, anchovies and the battered fish.

Here's how our seafood dishes are marked:

The full table is on our allergens page, and our guide to reading the allergen table explains the marks. Please tell us about any allergy before you order: add it in the notes box at checkout, add it in the notes box at checkout, ring the shop, or tell us at the counter.

Order

Once we reopen, Thursday to Sunday, 4pm to 10pm, you can order any of these at ivanos.uk for collection from 11 Whitesands, Dumfries DG1 2RR, or for delivery across most of the town.

Have an allergy? Please read our allergen information and tell us before you order.

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