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.

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

First courses

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

EGG LINGUINE WITH LUCAN TRUFFLE
with pezzente sausage, truffle, and crusco pepper
€ 20

SCIALATIELLI
Typical pasta with confit tomatoes, cod, cuttlefish, and pistachio pesto
€ 20

PACCHERI WITH CACIO E PEPE, MOLITERNO PECORINO CHEESE, AND COD
€ 20

ORECCHIETTE AND SWEET RICOTTA CALZONI
Orecchiette and ricotta calzones with tomato, basil, and ricotta cheesewith tomato, basil, and cheese
€ 18

SPAGHETTI ALLA CHITARRA
Spaghetti with clams, yellow date tomatoes, and sea urchins
€ 25

SCORZE DI MANDORLE WITH TURNIP TOPS AND ANCHOVIES
Fresh pasta with Turnips, fried breadcrumbs, anchovies, and crusco pepper
€ 18

FUSILLO RICCIO CON BRASCIOLETTA DI VITELLO AL RAGU’
Curly fusilli Pasta with veal chop in ragù
€ 16

Second courses

PORK SHANK AND BROWN GRAVY
low-heat cooked with potato boats
€ 20

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

LUCAN TRUFFLE FRIED EGG WITH CROUTONS
with Matera bread croutons
€ 20

GRILLED MIXED ROAST
€ 25

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

PORK CHEEK
with caramelized pear, red wine reduction, slow-cooked
€ 18

GRILLED VEAL RIB 550g
Veal with mixed salad
€ 30

DOUBLE-COOKED OCTOPUS
with potato and lime ingot
€ 20

MATERA-STYLE COD INGO
with red onion, cherry tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, olives, capers, and lime
€ 20

Salads and side dishes

MIXED SALAD
€ 8

CAPRESE SALAD
Fiordilatte and tomatoes
€ 10

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

ROASTED POTATOES WITH ROSEMARY
€ 7

FRIED FRIES
€ 7

SAUTEED CHICORY
€ 8

GRILLED VEGETABLES
€ 8