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In this category you find the traditional recipes of Puglia. From the classic ‘orecchiette con le cime di rapa’ (orecchiette pasta with rapini) to the pasticciotto, typical of the area of Lecce. From ‘panzerotti’ to sgagliozze (fried polenta). Simple ingredients, as they were used by our ‘nonnas’, and flavours that remind of home.

‘Agnello a cutturiello’ is a lamb based dish of the spring and Easter period. It is typical of the Murgia area and Basilicata. Its ingredients are different even between close-by towns, so it is impossible to find a recipe that works for everyone. Compared to what we propose to you below, the most important modifications include the use of beaten eggs with grated...

Serves 4 1 large rose fish 2 fillets grouper 1 fillet oily fish 1 angler 2 squids 4 prawns mussels 2 onions 1 garlic clove 10 cherry tomatoes parsley a few bay leaves dry white wine evo oil salt, pepper Thoroughly clean the fish, prawns and mussels. Cut the squid in half. Fry the garlic and sliced onions in oil for a few minutes. Add all the fish and splash on a...

Serves 4 800 g mixed vegetables (courgettes, eggplants, potatoes, onion, celery, green beans, squash shoots, cherry tomatoes, basil) 4 eggs 100 g goat’s milk cacioricotta cheese 4 slices old durum wheat bread 100 g evo oil salt Chop all the vegetables and halve the tomatoes. In a saucepan fry the onion in the oil and add the tomatoes. In cooking order, add the...

Ingredients 1 kg salted codfish (baccalà) 300 g flour 2 eggs 200 g breadcrumbs evo oil salt to taste Remove the skin from the codfish, rinse and soak it in the water. Wipe dray and cut it into pieces. Beat eggs with a pinch of salt. Dredge the salted codfish in flour, dip into eggs and finally dredge in breadcrumbs. Deep-fry the fish in hot oil until golden. Drain...

Ingredients 1 sheet puff pastry 200 g burrata cheese 250 g chicory 1 garlic clove evo oil chili pepper salt Boil the chicory, then toss in a pan in which the garlic has been sautéed. Add a pinch of chili peppercut into pieces and salt. Remove the garlic and allow the vegetables to cool. Arrange the chicory and the shredded burrata cheese on the puff pastry sheet....

Ingredients 500 g white fava beans 200 g shrimps, shelled 1 potato 1 garlic clove old bread evo oil salt Boil the fava beans with the potato in salted water; boil until they reach the consistency of a purée.Fry the shrimps in oil with garlic. Combine the shrimps with the hot purée. Add fried croutons previously prepared from the old bread. ...