Signature Orecchiette in Puglia | Retrogusti food events

Discover Orecchiette d’Autore: 5 events in Puglia featuring restaurants, wine, and interpretations of orecchiette. A journey curated by Retrogusti.

In Puglia, orecchiette have been prepared for generations, with gestures that repeat and find space both in homes and in restaurants.

With Orecchiette d’Autore, Retrogusti builds a journey that unfolds over five evenings, each hosted by a different restaurant.

At the center, the same ingredient always remains, but what changes is the way it works, is interpreted, and told.

Each event takes shape around a tasting dinner. The chefs work freely on a menu that revolves around the orecchiette by Il Pastaio Maffei accompanied by dishes and pairings designed to offer a personal vision of Apulian cuisine. In the dining room, alongside the dishes, there will also be wine producers, involved in telling the story of the bottles and the work in the vineyard.

The project moves through different places, with timings and atmospheres that change from evening to evening. It is a journey followed step by step, without a single point of view.

During the dinners, guests will be able to leave feedback on the dishes tasted. It is a way to gather impressions, to understand how the same tradition can be read in different ways.

Orecchiette d’Autore was born from the collaboration between Retrogusti Food Tales, the association Le Idee non Mancano, Orecchiette nelle ’Nchiosce and Il Pastaio Maffei.

A project that starts from an iconic dish and explores it from multiple perspectives, following the work of those who bring it to the table every day.

At the center, the same ingredient always remains, but what changes is the way it is worked, interpreted, and told.

When

17 April – 15, 22, 29 May –
12 June

Where

  • Madera Restaurant
  • Tenuta del Barco
  • Ostuni Palace
  • Zia Franca Experience
  • Osteria Luce

Price

35 Euros

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Menù

Selection of local flavors and seasonal ingredients crafted with the finest products of the region

Durum wheat orecchiette, sausage, saffron, and smoked burrata cream

Whole wheat orecchiette with bell pepper cream, asado, and Don Carlo cheese fondue

Dessert – the Chef’s artisanal creative creation

Wine partner

VETRÈRE

Quando
Venerdì 17 Aprile
Dove
Prezzo
35 Euro
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Menù

Low-temperature poached egg on sautéed turnip greens, anchovy colatura, frisella crumble, and black olive and caper soil

Durum wheat orecchiette with a cream of young fava beans, Taranto black mussels sautéed with thyme, confit cherry tomatoes, and

crispy breadcrumbs flavored with Mediterranean scrub herbs

Burnt wheat orecchiette with burnt eggplant cream, crushed cherry tomatoes, and podolico caciocavallo fondue

Shortcrust pastry with pastry cream and Primitivo di Manduria reduction

Wine Partner

Nistri Winery

Quando
Venerdì 15 Maggio
Dove
Prezzo
35 Euro
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Menù

Eggplant with yellow datterino reduction, basil cream, cacioricotta drizzle, and its crispy wafer

Durum wheat semolina orecchietta with turnip-top cream and florets, garlic, EVO oil from Cima di Mola, chili pepper, Cantabrian Sea anchovies, and toasted bread crumbs

Durum wheat and whole semolina orecchiette with roasted cherry tomato velouté, Apulian burrata, basil, and Leccino EVO oil

Madagascar Bourbon vanilla cream, shortcrust biscuit, and sour cherry

Wine Partner

Tratturi Reali

Quando
Venerdì 22 Maggio 2026 | 20:30
Dove
Prezzo
35€
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Menù

Crudaiola-style octopus salad

Durum wheat orecchiette with wholemeal semolina, broccoli, and pink shrimp tails

Durum wheat orecchiette with wholemeal semolina, cardoncelli mushroom cream and chestnuts

Trentino tart with wild black blueberry

Wine Partner

Antico Palmento

Quando
Venerdì 29 Maggio 2026 | 20:30
Dove
Prezzo
35€
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Menù

Stuffed rosetta roll with tuna in oil, mortadella, spicy provolone, and capers

Turnip-top gnocchetti with orecchietta sauce, semi-dried Manduria cherry tomato “Slow Food Presidium,” and toasted breadcrumbs

Durum wheat orecchiette with black Celline olives on a spicy fava bean cream and shavings of “Don Vito” pecorino

Fiordilatte gelato, EVO oil, and sea salt crystals

Cannolo with Altamura bread, farmhouse ricotta, almond-stuffed dried figs, and fig vincotto “Gianni Calogiuri”

Wine Partner

Melillo Farm

Quando
Venerdì 12 Giugno 2026 | 20:30
Dove
Prezzo
35€
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Venerdì 17 Aprile
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Venerdì 22 Maggio 2026 | 20:30
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Venerdì 29 Maggio 2026 | 20:30
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Venerdì 12 Giugno 2026 | 20:30
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