L'Aia di San Giorgio

We are storytellers of ancient traditions.
“We need to stop and listen to stories. Just listen to the earth to tell beautiful stories, and then enclose them in a package of pasta"".

At the Aia di San Giorgio we often stop to tell and listen to stories. And even food tells wonderful stories.

One of the wooden cupboards found in our kitchen, strictly recycled, hosts some beautiful stories. Those who tell of how the earth has a great and ancient dream: to give away wheat. And then the wheat, while caressed by the wind gives golden smiles, dreams of being plucked by skilled hands, those of ""artists"", the only ones capable of transforming it into artisanal pasta.

From the Italian lands to the hands of the master pasta makers from Salento, wheat has become the pasta of Aia di San Giorgio, served on our table, but also a souvenir to take home.

On every package a phrase that tells a story within history, that of the Hague, of its dreams and its philosophy.
Together and thanks to the wheat we want to be storytellers of ancient tradition for you!

The dishes Salento.
Like our pasta, all the dishes we offer our guests bring Salento tradition to the table.

We follow and listen to the season, from vegetables and fruit, which come directly from the garden synergistic and from the trees to the oil, whose scent is anticipated by the sight of the olive trees surrounding the Hague.

The recipes are the ""secret"" ones handed down by grandmothers, whose scent awakens the memories and once again tells the story of a land rich in vegetables and wild herbs. the story of a poor and genuine cuisine, with unrefined flours and barley.

Alongside the seasonal ciceri and tria, broad beans and chicory, lamb rolls (gnommareá¸á¸i) and so on, let's not forget to serve horse meat, once widespread as horses were used for work in the fields and only when they were old did they become a precious and energetic food.

In winter, our Lecce stone fireplace heats up lunches and dinners, which, when lit, smells of family warmth. In the summer, our porch overlooking the olive grove welcomes friends, where you can also sit at aperitif time, sipping a typical Salento wine, of course!