Breakfast is a big deal at Borgo Egnazia and served in two different locations (couples tend to stick to the main building, while families set up at La Frasca). The bumper spread is the same though, highlights of which include plump balls of burrata, tomato-topped focaccia, clay pots of warm roasted vegetables, fava bean purée and crudités with plenty of bite. If an Italian feast doesn’t thrill first thing, all the usual pastry and cereal suspects are also present, with eggs and pancakes made to order.
You’ll want to echo the staff in their loose linen as the food keeps coming – as soon as you’ve sat down for lunch or an Aperol spritz, bowls of taralli are placed on the table and most meals start with a bonus snack (an anchovy draped on toast perhaps).
The top-billed restaurant is Michelin-starred Due Camini, which offers a rare look at Puglian cuisine through a fine-dining lens. It’s certainly haute cuisine – the literal menu is studded with seeds you can plant at home and the after-dinner tea is brewed at the table in what looks like a chemistry experiment. We’re still in Italy, however, so expect multiple bread courses – one served with a superlative crescent moon-shaped butter/cheese rind hybrid. On my visit, the creamy risotto swirled with tarragon and sea urchin, and adorned with plump cherries was the star, though the charred courgette marinated in sweet and sour rice wine vinegar proved a pleasing foil for richer dishes of bone marrow and nettle spaghetti, and sesame-crusted sweetbreads.
You can’t go wrong at any of the other, more casual, options either. Don’t miss the raw seafood platter at the beach club (the staff-favourite), where mounds of seabass carpaccio and red prawns are draped over ice, or the simple delights of the pizzeria. Vegetarians are treated to a dedicated elegant restaurant, La Calce, which offers the likes of spaghetti tumbled with broad beans, butter and lemon, and deep-fried foraged herbs and vegetables.
Throughout, wine lists are packed with bottles from tiny local producers and there’s a big focus on ultra-seasonal local fruit and vegetables.
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