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A short walk from the Vatican, on via Leone IV, Salento has made a home in Rome. La Pasticciotteria brings the pastry tradition of Puglia to the capital with the same artisan care you recognise in every bite: nothing approximate, nothing industrial, nothing that strays from the original recipe.
The doorway on via Leone IV, in the heart of the Prati district just minutes from the Vatican, is the threshold between Rome and Salento. Those who enter leave behind the pace of the capital and find a place that has chosen not to compromise: every product comes from the South, every recipe respects the tradition of Lecce without concessions to Roman taste.
Behind the counter, the display case tells the whole story without a word: pasticciotti in every flavour — custard, sour cherry, mixed berries, chocolate — alongside rustici from Lecce and tette delle monache (nuns' breasts, a Salento sponge cake). The coffee is by Quarta, a Salento roaster; the chocolate is Maglio, a Puglia brand for connoisseurs. Ingredients chosen with purpose, never by chance.
In the kitchen, the work is the same as it has always been: mixing, filling, baking. The pasticciotti come out of the oven still warm, the golden shortcrust pastry giving way at the touch. It is the same technique practised in Salento for generations, brought to Rome without shortcuts: every piece is handmade, every flavour prepared with the same attention to detail that anyone who tastes it recognises at once.
From breakfast through to a Salento-style aperitivo, with wines from the region and a selection of typical Puglia products: La Pasticciotteria is a precise address in Rome, one worth noting and returning to.
