At the hot new Italian joint in town, everything is made from scratch, the owners say.

The menu at Pelato , located in the former Butcher and Bee space on Morrison Drive, is characterized by recipes developed at home, according to members of the Scotto family – Theresa, Anthony Scotto Jr. and Anthony Scotto III

And for the record, the family isn’t shy with garlic or warm hospitality. That comes from years in the restaurant business, starting with Italian-American restaurants in Brooklyn in New York City.

Among the items on the extensive menu: perfect Italian meatballs in a red sauce. Baked clams in oregano. Standards like richly-sauced pastas, chicken parmesan and calamari. Appetizers that include stuffed mushrooms, anancini and creamy burrata.

The recipe for crunchy-but-fluffy p

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