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Basilicata Recipes

   
 



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Typical food from Basilicata includes:

Focaccia a brazzudo: flatbread with pork crackling, lard and oregano.
Peperonata con carne di porco: pepper and tomato stew with various pieces of pork.
Torta di latticini: cheesecake based on ricotta, mozzarella and pecorino with pieces of prosciutto.
Zuppa di pesce alla Santavenere: soup based on grouper, scorpion fish and other Ionian seafood with plenty of garlic and pepper.

 

 Basilicata Recipes:

 Calzone di verdura - pizza dough baked folded over a filling of chard, peppers and raisins.
 Cavatelli
 Cazmarr - stew of lamb's innards, prosciutto, cheese and wine.
 Ciammotta - fried eggplant, peppers and potatoes stewed with tomatoes.
 Cotechinata - pork rind rolled around a filling of salt pork, garlic and peppers and stewed in tomato sauce.
 Ciaudedda - braised artichokes stuffed with potatoes, onions, fava beans, salt pork.
 Grano al ragu' - wheat grains boiled and served with a rich ragout made of sausage and salt pork, tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and white wine and topped with grated pecorino.
 Grano dolce - pudding of wheat grains, blended with chocolate, walnuts, pomegranate seeds and vin cotto (sweet “cooked wine”).
 Pignata di pecora - ewe cooked with potatoes, tomatoes, onions, pork and Pecorino in a clay pot called a pignata.
 Pollo alla potentina - chicken braised in wine with onion, tomato, peppers and basil.
 Scarcedda - Easter tart with ricotta and hard-boiled eggs.
 Spezzatino di agnello - lamb stewed in an earthenware pot with potatoes, onions, bay leaf and peppers.
 Testina di capretto al forno - Baked Spring Kid's Hea

 



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