My 5 Best Tagliatelle in Bologna

If I ask my friends which are the best tagliatelle of Bologna I always get the same answer: my grandmother's.

It might be true, but maybe emotions sometimes give a better taste.

These are my favorite tagliatelle that you can find in Bologna's restaurants: with ragù Bolognese sauce, of course, but not only.

1. Tagliatelle with Porcini Mushrooms @Osteria Broccaindosso

Osteria Broccaindosso is for sure one of the best restaurants for celiacs in Bologna.
But it's also a place that I always recommend to people who want to try Bolognese cuisine.

Everything in this place, from the selection of the ingredients to the courtesy of the staff, from the informal and cozy location to the quality/price ratio, is as a restaurant is expected to be.
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Just during the end of summer or autumn, you can find their tagliatelle with porcini mushrooms (15€) which absolutely deserves the waiting.

Try their passatelli with porcini for an unusual but wonderful combination.

Info

Osteria Broccaindosso
Via Broccaindosso, 7
Tel. +39 051 234153

2. Tagliatelle with Bolognese Ragù @Trattoria Anna Maria

At Trattoria Annamaria you can have the closest version of my grandmother's tagliatelle.

Annamaria is a 75 bolognese lady who has owned her own restaurant in Via Belle Arti since the '80s.

Her cuisine is genuine and rough as real bolognese should be. She makes every day all the best pasta in Bologna in the lab a few meters from the restaurant.

A few numbers:
8 hours of cooking for the bolognese ragù (the vegetables in her version are roughly cut, as in the old countryside recipe) and only 8 seconds for the tagliatelle.

​The dough is so thin and fresh that it takes that little time in the water to be ready for the mouth. You can have tagliatelle with ragù in probably all the restaurants in Bologna, but these ones are unique.

Info

Trattoria Anna Maria
Via Belle Arti 17
Tel. +39 051 266894

3. Tagliatelle with Friggione @Osteria Bottega

Medicina is a small town in the country area of Bologna, very famous for the quality of its onions.

​Osteria Bottega, a small and elegant restaurant that pays a lot of attention to using the best local ingredients, makes a fabulous version of tagliatelle with friggione sauce, made of onion and tomatoes.

I went there with my friend Shahab of Emirates Airlines when he asked me to try the best tagliatelle in town: you can judge from his face in the video how great they are.

Info

Osteria Bottega
Via Santa Caterina, 51 Bologna
Tel. +39 051 585111

4. Green Tagliatelle with Ham @Trattoria Collegio di Spagna

5. Pappardelle with Porcini and Black Truffle @Caminetto D'Oro

Ok ok, I know these are not proper tagliatelle.
They're wider than the 8mm of perfection, in fact they call it pappardelle.

But how could I not include this gem in this list?

Don't expect to find this pappardelle in June: it's a seasonal dish like porcini mushrooms always must be.

At Caminetto D'Oro, you can prepare your mouth with gently fried sage and porcini (18€).

Then this handmade, rough, this past arrives.
The porcini melt in your mouth.
No garlic nor parsley.
Butter of course, not too much.
And black truffle.

You can't ask for more. Or...well...actually leave space for the creme caramel.

Info

Caminetto D'Oro
Via de' Falegnami, 4, 40121 Bologna
Tel. + 39 051 263494

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