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  • Akentannos – 100% gluten free restaurant

    Akentannos – 100% gluten free restaurant

    Akentannos is a lovely Sardinian restaurant on Sharrow Vale Road. Since I last went, they have expanded into the adjacent building and, more importantly, have gone 100% gluten free – so when we were arranging a Christmas get together with some dear friends, we decided to go back.

    A fully gluten free restaurant really is a massive treat for a coeliac. You get to choose anything on the menu and don’t have to ask tonnes of questions about the food and how it’s cooked, or worry about cross contamination. It really takes the stress out of eating out. It also shows the breadth of food that can be made gluten free – the pictures below speak for themselves.

    For starter, I had wild boar ham served with truffle honey, walnuts and pecorino cheese (top left), which was delicious. My husband had a (massive!) platter of cured meats and cheeses, and one of the boys had wild mushrooms, fennel sausage and mozzarella on crusty bread (top right). Our friends had a fish sharing platter, which included tuna, cod and salmon carpaccio, octopus salad and a pecorino and bottargo (fish roe) cream.

    plate with a starter portion of wild boar ham with truffle honey, walnuts and pecorino cheese
    huge tray with selection of cured meats, cheeses and olives
    plate with wild mushrooms, bits of sausage, a mozzerella ball and pesto on a piece of crusty bread
    a fish sharing platter with thin slices of tuna, cod and salmon, and an octopus salad

    Unusually, I chose a pasta for main course and it didn’t disappoint (bottom right in the set of 6). The pasta were traditional Sardinian tiny shells served with a rich lamb ragu and pecorino cheese (Malloreddus con Sugo di Agnello). I chose it because I’m fairly certain I had this ragu in a risotto ball from Nue recently, and it really made me want the full dish! (I enjoyed it so much, I was inspired to try making my own ragu-containing risotto balls over Christmas, but that’s another post…)

    Between us, we also had a seafood parpadelle (top right), fillet of beef slices with rocket and pecorino (bottom middle), pork shank with roast potatoes (bottom left), belly pork (top middle), fish stew (top left) and shell on king prawns (very bottom).

    bowl of seafood/shellfish stew with a piece of flat bread
    belly pork and roast potatoes and a plate
    bowl of parpadelle pasta strips with prawns and mussels
    plate with a pork shank, roast potatoes vegetables and a jus
    plate with slices of beef fillet on rocket, covered with pecorino cheese slices
    a bowl of small pasta shells with lamb ragu
    Shell on king prawns in a bowl with tomatoes

    All the food was amazing, although a little rich for the teenagers in some cases. Given the cost (£16-23 for the pasta dishes and meat/fish main courses ranging from £19-32), I’d probably recommend this as a grown up treat more than a family dinner, but that all depends on your tastes.

    Akentannos
    270 Sharrow Vale Rd, Sheffield S11 8ZH

  • The Angel – 100% gluten free

    The Angel – 100% gluten free

    ***Update Jan 2025 – no longer fully GF but they do have options on the menu***

    For my son’s fifteenth birthday we recently went to The Angel in Holmesfield. We haven’t been since it has changed ownership and become completely gluten free. We had some of our wider family with us as well and out of eight of us, three are coeliac, including the birthday boy, so definitely worth the drive out and not having to worry how much choice we’d have on the menu.

    For my starter, I had onion bhajis – you can see from the picture they were quite spectacular and they tasted great – quite a rare treat. My younger son had the halloumi bites, husband had pork belly bites and my older boy had the arancini balls, which were a generous size with a perfectly crispy outside.

    two large arancini balls, a swoosh of dip and some green salad
    a plate with some belly pork and crackling
    a dish containing halloumi bites
    a plate with two mahoosive onion bhajis and a big bowl of mango chutney

    For mains, I fancied trying something a bit different so I had a lentil dosa, which consists of layers of lentil and sweet potato pancake with potato and spinach, pickled carrot salad and a drizzle of cashew cream. I ordered it with crispy chicken strips, which were great and indeed very crispy and crunchy, but there was quite enough on the plate without them. The birthday boy ordered a surf and turf of steak and prawns with chips and mushrooms, which went down very well – it was a huge portion and we couldn’t believe he polished it off. Other meals round the table were lamb shank, steak pie and chowder. All big portions and very much enjoyed.

    A lamb shank on potatoes and gravy
    a bowl of chowder and some bread on a board
    a big plate with a pie, thick chips, mushy peas and gravy
    a lentil dosa with crispy chicken strips
    Huge plate of steak, prawns, fries, mushrooms and some green stuff that didn't get eaten

    We couldn’t resist the dessert. I was really quite full so I went for a mini-dessert, which was chocolate icecream served with a shot of Baileys – very nice. But between us, we also had a chocolate pudding and a sticky toffee pudding (nice custard pouring action shot!) and the birthday boy got a selection of desserts on a big plate. I have no idea how he fitted them in after the massive main course! I did try a scoop of the chocolate pudding and it was really lovely and soft.

    chocolate pudding with custard
    a big plate with happy birthday written in chocolate and five mini desserts on it
    a glass containing chocolate ice cream with a shot of Baileys poured on top
    A plate with a piece of sticky toffee pudding, surrounded by toffee sauce and with custard being poured on

    All in all, we had a lovely time. It was, of course, delightful knowing we could eat absolutely anything on the menu, and being able to share a taste of what other people were eating was a bonus. Great food, nice setting, lovely evening.

    The Angel
    Main Road Holmesfield, S18 7WT