Seasonal menu

Donatella in collaboration with the chef, offer typical dishes of the Lucan tradition.
You will be welcomed in a familiar and informal but at the same time elegant environment, by all the staff.
The hygiene of the rooms and dishes is taken care of by our ever smiling Michelina.

Appetizers

The appetizers of La Talpa Restaurant are renowned and are offered with both cold and hot dishes.
The appetizers derive directly from the typical Lucanian cuisine, at the base of which there are all the typical ingredients of the Mediterranean diet.

BREAD MEATBALLS
Matera Bread Meatballs with Tomato Sauce
€ 10

LA ZINNONA
Campagnola stuffed with burnt wheat, chicory, and 500g buffalo mozzarella, cruschi peppers, and spicy salami. Local cheese tasting. (Recommended for 5 people)
€ 60

BEAN BEANS AND CHICORY IN BREAD (150g)
€ 14

PUMPKIN PARMIGIANA IN TERRACOTTA
€ 12

SELECTION OF LOCAL CHEESES
Pecorino, goat cheese, and caciocavallo podolico. Served with Pisticci fig jam
€ 18

SELECTION OF CURED MEATS
€ 18

CRUSCHI PEPPERS FROM SENISE
€ 12

BRUSCHETTA WITH MATERA BREAD
€ 12

PAN COTTO WITH TURNIP TOPS AND CRUSCO
€ 10

First courses

SPAGHETTI DELL’ASSASSINO 2.0
Spicy, crispy spaghetti (with stracciatella cheese on request)
€ 20

TRIPOLINE WITH LUCAN TRUFFLE
Pezzente sausage, truffle, and crusco pepper
€ 20

FUSILLO RICCIO WITH VEAL CURB WITH RAGÙ
Pasta with tomato and veal ragù
€ 16

STRASCINATE WITH CARDONCELLI AND CHESTNUTS
Pasta with creamed yellow datterino tomatoes, cardoncelli mushrooms, chestnuts, and Moliterno canestrato (pecorino) fondue
€ 18

STRACCI (EGG SHELLS)
Fresh pasta with red bean cream, grilled cuttlefish, and crunchy Matera bread with crusco pepper extra virgin olive oil
€ 18

SPAGHETTI SAN GIOVANNIELLO
Pasta with tomato, garlic, anchovies, Capers and Taggiasca olives
€ 18

ORECCHIETTE AND RICOTTA AND CINNAMON CALZONI WITH CONFIT TOMATO
Pasta with confit tomato, basil sauce, and arugula
€ 18

ALMOND BARKS WITH TURNIP TOPS
Turnips, fried breadcrumbs, anchovies, and cruscho peppers
€ 18

Second courses

PORK SHANK
Slow-cooked with crispy potato flakes
€ 18

VEAL CHOPS WITH RAGÙ
Meat rolls in tomato sauce with quinoa and flaxseed vegetable flan
€ 18

TRADITIONAL LAMB RIBS
Lamb with baked potatoes and cardoncelli mushrooms
€ 25

CLASSIC ENTRECOTE SLICED
Beef with arugula, cherry tomatoes, parmesan shavings, balsamic glaze
€ 25

GRILLED BONELESS VEAL RIB 600g
Veal with mixed salad
€ 30

FRIED EGG WITH LUCAN TRUFFLE AND CROUTONS
€ 20

LUCAN-STYLE COD INGOT
in a pistachio crust and a nest of tricolor Swiss chard
€ 20

Salads and side dishes

MIXED SALAD
€ 8

CAPRESE SALAD
Fiordilatte and tomatoes
€ 12

MATERA SALAD
Green salad, onion, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, tuna, corn
€ 15

ROASTED POTATOES WITH ROSEMARY
€ 7

SAUTEED CHICORY
€ 8

ORANGE SALAD
Oranges, fennel, Taggiasca olives, salt, pepper, extra virgin olive oil
€ 10

FRIED POTATOES
€ 7