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The appetizers at La Talpa Restaurant are renowned and are offered with both cold and hot dishes.
The appetizers on the menu at La Talpa Restaurant are those of typical Lucanian cuisine, at the base of which are all the typical ingredients of the Mediterranean diet.
Appetizers
CHEF-COOKED CLASSIC APPETIZERS (5 COURSES - recommended for 2 people)
Eggplant parmigiana sphere, braised pork capocollo cooked at low temperature with sweet and sour vegetables, chicory nest on toasted bread, cod quenelle with crusco pepper caviar, pumpkin millefeuille, potatoes, and crispy pancetta
€ 30
SHEPHERD’S AND THE BRIGAND’S SALAD
Matera bread with cherry tomatoes, yellow date tomatoes, red onion, basil, celery, cucumber, and extra virgin olive oil.
€ 15
BEAN BEANS AND CHICORY IN BREAD "150 GR"
€ 11
NATURAL BEANS AND CHICORY
€ 15
SELECTION OF LOCAL CHEESES AND FIG JAM
Pecorino, Caciocavallo all’Aglianico, Goat’s Cheese, Caciocavallo Podolico, Truffled Caciotta, and Fig Jam
€ 22
SELECTION OF TYPICAL BASILICATA CURED MEATS
Capocollo, Pancetta, Sweet and Spicy Salami
€ 18
CRUSCHI PEPPERS FROM SENISE
€ 12
LA ZINNONA (recommended for 5 people)
With bread cannoli stuffed with local dairy products, 500g buffalo mozzarella, cruschi peppers, sweet and spicy salami, and a selection of local cheeses
€ 60
STUFFED CRUSCO PEPPERS
Stringed with stracciatella and chopped parsley pistachio
€ 15
MATERA BREAD MEATBALLS
with tomato and basil sauce
€ 10
TRADITIONAL BRUSCHETTA
€ 12
BEEF TARTARE
with Taggiasca olives and sweet and sour red onion
€ 16
BRAISED PORK CARPACCIO
with crispy vegetables cooked in medium heat
€ 15
Eggplant parmigiana sphere, braised pork capocollo cooked at low temperature with sweet and sour vegetables, chicory nest on toasted bread, cod quenelle with crusco pepper caviar, pumpkin millefeuille, potatoes, and crispy pancetta
€ 30
SHEPHERD’S AND THE BRIGAND’S SALAD
Matera bread with cherry tomatoes, yellow date tomatoes, red onion, basil, celery, cucumber, and extra virgin olive oil.
€ 15
BEAN BEANS AND CHICORY IN BREAD "150 GR"
€ 11
NATURAL BEANS AND CHICORY
€ 15
SELECTION OF LOCAL CHEESES AND FIG JAM
Pecorino, Caciocavallo all’Aglianico, Goat’s Cheese, Caciocavallo Podolico, Truffled Caciotta, and Fig Jam
€ 22
SELECTION OF TYPICAL BASILICATA CURED MEATS
Capocollo, Pancetta, Sweet and Spicy Salami
€ 18
CRUSCHI PEPPERS FROM SENISE
€ 12
LA ZINNONA (recommended for 5 people)
With bread cannoli stuffed with local dairy products, 500g buffalo mozzarella, cruschi peppers, sweet and spicy salami, and a selection of local cheeses
€ 60
STUFFED CRUSCO PEPPERS
Stringed with stracciatella and chopped parsley pistachio
€ 15
MATERA BREAD MEATBALLS
with tomato and basil sauce
€ 10
TRADITIONAL BRUSCHETTA
€ 12
BEEF TARTARE
with Taggiasca olives and sweet and sour red onion
€ 16
BRAISED PORK CARPACCIO
with crispy vegetables cooked in medium heat
€ 15
