Ms.Jigger’s chef Davide Calo knows a thing or two about southern Italian food—famous for rich pastas, many of the country’s fresh herbs and spices, and as the birthplace of pizza. His hometown of San Cesario di Lecce sits right on the heel of the country’s “boot”, surrounded by seemingly endless rolling hills bathed in green and orange. So it comes as no surprise that southern Italy is the star of the restaurant’s new menu offering—often drawing inspiration from family recipes.  

 

Take the Paccheri al Ragù di Agnello, for example. The dish, which includes generous piles of large paccheri pasta—similar to rigatoni, but larger and smooth on the outside and known to hold sauces well—doused in a slow-simmered lamb ragu inspired by Calo’s grandmother’s recipe. The dish is finished with some nice tangy cherry tomatoes and a creamy goat cheese that slowly melts its way inside the sauce as you eat. 

 

Try it yourself, or one of the seven other southern Italian dishes on the menu, at Ms.Jigger from now onwards.