Lardo di Colonnata: Tuscan Treat Regional Cuisine from Tuscany for Marble Workers One of the most unusual traditional Italian foods is Lardo di Colonnata. This is a type of cured pork fat, which comes from the little village of Colonnata, high up in the Apuan Alps in Northern Tuscany. Colonnata is close to Read more…
The Lardo of Colonnata Marble is the reason that the tiny village of Colonnata exists, but the Lardo has made the town famous. This poor man’s food that was once served on bread rubbed with a tomato and onion, now commands top prices and draws visitors to this remote mountain Read more…
Commonly knows as “chestnut flour”, originates in Garfagnana and it is used by the population as wheat flour is used in the plain areas. The chestnut is therefore a “bread tree” and its fruits, the chestnuts, “tree bread”. Although mainly used for polenta, there are various uses for chestnut flour. Read more…
Lemon mousse: . 3 eggs . the juice of 3 lemons plus grated rind of one . 100 mg sugar . 6 gm gelatine . 350 gm whipping cream Separate the eggs and put the yolks and the whites into different mixing bowls. Put the whipping crea minto a third Read more…