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Piedmont Recipes
Typical food from Piedmont include:
Agnolotti al burro e salvia: envelopes with a lean
meat-herb filling served with fresh sage leaves sauteed in
butter and grated Parmigiano Reggiano.
Fritto misto Piedmontse or fricia: this deep-fried
banquet includes lamb, chicken, veal, liver, brains,
sweetbreads, pig's feet, sausages, artichokes, cauliflower,
zucchini, mushrooms, apples, pears, cheese, dumplings, almond
biscuits, though possibilities don't stop there.
Insalata di carne cruda: finely chopped raw beef or
veal marinated briefly in olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, served
with salad greens or, in season, shaved truffles.
Panissa: risotto tinted with Barbera, braised with
reddish borlotti beans, pork rind and salame alla douja, typical
of Vercelli; paniscia of nearby Novara is subtly different.
Polenta consa: cornmeal mixed with Fontina and toma,
topped with butter and grated grana.
Trota alla salvia: brook trout braised in white wine
and vinegar with bay leaf and fresh sage.
Piedmont Recipes:
Amaretti - Almond Cookies
Bollito misto - Boiled Dinner
Bagna Cauda - Anchovy and Garlic Dip
Brasato al barolo - Braised Beef with Barolo
Finanziera - Chicken Liver and Sweetbread Sauce
Fonduta - Fonduta
Fonduta con tartufi - Truffle Fondue
Gnocchi di patate alla bava - Gnocchi with Fontina
Grande bollito misto Piedmontse - Various cuts of beef and veal, including tongue and head, simmered with hen, cotechino sausage, onions, celery, carrots and served with bagnet verde (sauce of parsley, garlic, anchovy, breadcrumbs) or bagnet ross (peppery hot and red from tomatoes).
Lepre al vino rosso - Hare in Civet
Riso in cagnone - Rice with Sage and Parmigiano
Risotto con Tartufi - Risotto with Truffles
Salsa Verde - Greene sauce
Spaghetti tartufati - Spaghetti with Truffles
Tajarin all'Albese - Piedmontese tagliatelle
Vitello tonnato - Veal in Tuna Sauce
Zabaione or zabaglione - egg yolks whipped with sugar and Marsala into a delicious cream, which also flavors ice cream and semifreddo.
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