Italian kitchen · Russafa, Valencia

L'Alquimista

Fresh pasta made every day in plain sight, at a small table in Russafa. The cooking of Emilia-Romagna, with no shortcuts and no airs.

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4,5on Google (1.092 reviews)Calle Luis Santangel 1, Russafa

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Fresh pastaMade by handEmilia-RomagnaNatural winesRussafaSince 2009TrufflePiadinaFresh pastaMade by handEmilia-RomagnaNatural winesRussafaSince 2009TrufflePiadina

Our kitchen

A small table, a very clear idea

There are no stars here and no sauces hiding anything. Just cooking, pasta, piadina and honest wine. Mario kneads, fills and cuts the pasta every morning, in full view of anyone walking down the street, the way it has always been done in Romagna.

We are an intimate place, just a few tables, where the plate leads and you are treated like family. That is why people come back: because it tastes of home, of truth and of Italy.

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A few dishes

What comes out of the kitchen

The menu changes daily, but these often make it to the table. Everything is made in house, the same day.

Cappelletti al ragù

Filled pasta in the Romagna style, with the house ragù.

Tagliolino al tartufo

Hand-cut egg tagliolini with fresh truffle.

Lasagna alla bolognese

Thin sheets, baked the same day. The Emilia classic.

Cheesecake

Creamy, with a heart of blue cheese. Our favourite way to finish.

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The craft

Pasta like in Ravenna

Every dish starts with the flour. We work with one milled in a village near Ravenna, the one that gives the pasta the right Romagna texture.

Made every day

We knead and fill the pasta that same morning, with no freezers and no shortcuts.

Alla chitarra

Cut on the guitar, where the rolling pin presses the dough between the strings as if they belonged to an instrument.

Open kitchen

It all happens in plain sight, from the street. What you see is what reaches the plate.

The cellar

Living wines, from people who care for them

A small, very personal selection of natural Italian wines, from small growers and low intervention. Bottles you will not find around the corner, chosen one by one to go with the table.

What people say

Once you come, you come back

The best Italian food we've found in Valencia, and we stumbled on it by chance. The piadina they recommended was incredible and the homemade carbonara was spectacular.

Marta R. · GoogleRead the review

Probably the best pasta we've ever eaten. There was a short wait, but it was worth it, and the blue cheese cheesecake for dessert was outstanding.

Carlos J. · GoogleRead the review

L'Alquimista felt like our little summer home in Valencia. The truffle tagliolino and the spaghetti alla chitarra made it clear why they call them the wizards of fresh pasta.

Sandra C. · O lo comes o lo dejasRead the review

The story

From Ravenna to Russafa, since 2009

Mario Tarroni left Ravenna and opened L'Alquimista alongside his mother, first as a small fresh pasta shop. The idea was simple: to bring the home cooking of Emilia-Romagna to Valencia, just as it is.

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