Pizza in Abruzzo can get a little confusing at Easter time, suddenly there is the arrival of ‘La Pizza Pasqua’ that has nothing to do with being flat, tomato paste or ‘take out’
Food & Recipes
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One of the dishes admired at our #CookForUkraine family fundraising day was Graziella’s interpretation of the classic Ukrainian Pork and Cabbage soup. It was loved by adults and children alike, my little boy for once did not pick out the cabbage and wipe it on the side of the bowl, but wolfed it all down eagerly and asked why my soups cant be like that as we went home!
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Do listen to team LifeInAbruzzo’s first-ever podcast hosted by Destination Eat Drink who wanted to know everything wonderful about Abruzzo!
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This is my winter Gran Sasso version of my friend Anna’s farinata recipe. It is a chickpea flour flatbread that is easily made from a batter. I have laced it with local peperoncino, wild chives and local mountain cumin
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A story that explains the absence of saffron recipes in Abruzzesi cookbooks from the past and a look at recipes today, delicious ones to try at home with Abruzzo’s most exotic spice
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If you are one of those people that races home to eat a weighty bowl of pasta before sleeping and laments why Italians can remain skinny on eating so many carbohydrates you’ve probably not heard of Abruzzo’s ‘Lo Sdijuno’!
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From how pumpkins were used symbolically in days gone by in Abruzzo to the most delicious autumn recipe for a rich Pumpkin and Smoked Scamorza Cheese Tart!
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Sloes aren’t the first things you think of in association with Modern Abruzzo despite their ability to grow up to 1600 masl, but dig a little and you soon bump into a local recipe or two that will help brace those long winter nights with their wild plummy delights.
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Succulent blackberries and their tart tree companions in a simple rustic Italian olive oil cake, a recipe from the Upper Tordino Valley in Abruzzo
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Agritur Panorama’s tangy recipe for soft undulating Teramana peperoncini jam is incredibly simple to make with a backhander of spicy loveliness that perfectly complements rather than overwhelms