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Tidbits

Tidbits of information about Italian cuisine traditions, places, customs and ingredients.

Italian Soffritto

Soffritto is a chopped mixture of carrots, onions and celery used as base in Italian cuisine to prepare sauces such as Ragù alla Bolognese, Tomato Sauce, Risottos. then sautéed in…

Cime di Rapa, Italian Broccoli Rabe

Cime di Rapa aka Broccoli Rabe, Turnip Greens or Rapini, a vegetable eaten in spring/summer in different parts of Italy, especially in Central and Southern Italy where they are called…

Artichoke Cultivars in Italy

Artichoke was already known since ancient times to be among the valuable vegetables for refined lunches, considered a very high income crop in addition to having high nutritional qualities. In…

Hay Flower Cheese

Semi-hard whole raw cow’s milk cheese, straw yellow colour and thin rind. Aged on wooden boards, wrapped in hay, wild herbs and flowers from the mountain pastures of the mountain…

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