First courses

First courses at Osteria San Giovanni in Matera

Orecchiette with meat sauce
Pasta with tomato, mixed meat, parsley, garlic, and Grana Padano cheese

Ravioli alla materana
Ravioli stuffed with burratina cheese and basil, served with tomato, cacioricotta cheese, and basil

Orecchiette with turnip greens and crusco
Pasta with turnip greens, crusco peppers, and fried breadcrumbs

Spaghettoni alla San Giuannin
Spaghettoni with cherry tomatoes, Taggiasca olives, capers, anchovies, parsley, and extra virgin olive oil

Ferricelli with crusco peppers
Pasta with crusco peppers, fried breadcrumbs, and guanciale

Cavatelli alla lucana
Pasta with pezzente sausage, sun-dried tomatoes, cardoncelli mushrooms, red and yellow datterino tomatoes, garlic, parsley, and extra virgin olive oil

Cavatellino with chickpeas
Pasta with chickpeas and crusco peppers

Fava beans and chicory
Soup made with dried fava beans, wild chicory, fried bread croutons, and fried onion

Crapiata
Soup made with Sarconi beans, borlotti beans, chickpeas, black chickpeas, lentils, fava beans, garlic, bay leaves, rosemary, and extra virgin olive oil