Bologna is known all over the world for the food and wine excellence of his land.
From the peaks of the Apennines launched from the winds to the fields of the lower Emilian Biondi of wheat, Emilia-Romagna knows how to express a truly unique food culture in the world, with products sought and known by everyone.
If you are looking for advice from what to eat in Bologna during your visit, something that is typical and unique, know that it is really difficult to make a choice. This is because the variety and quality of the typical Bolognese dishes are truly high. Below we report 5 dishes and typical foods that we like to remember: we warmly invite you to try them when you come to Bologna.
Discovering the Bolognese specialties
We begin our virtual tour to discover the typical Bolognese products, to know even before arriving what you can eat in Bologna.
1. Tortellini
The Bolognese tortellino is the first institution of the city: truly a magical rite that begins with the preparation until you are at the table all together. The small chest of fresh pasta strictly handed by Zdaura (almost legendary figure of the Bolognese tradition) is stuffed with a filling of Parmesan, mortadella, ham, lombo and nutmeg. The Bolognese tradition, rather severe in cooking, especially when it comes to Bolognese first courses, called very rigid rules on the thickness of the sheet used to prepare this specialty in Bologna, which must be pulled strictly by hand, with rolling pin and cutting board handed down from generation to generation. The rule has it that to establish the right thickness of the pasta it must be lifted to check if beyond its now very fine plot it is possible to glimpse with a certain clarity of San Luca.
2. Mortadella Bolognese
Mortadella Bologna is a sausage sausage made entirely with pork and lardes. Some cars in the area have obtained Slowfood recognition for the production of the Mortadella garrison of Bologna. Its characteristic circular shape, combined with rosy color and intense spicy perfume make it one of the most appreciated Emilian specialties in the world. Slowfood principals protect the very high quality productions of each region, which are produced according to tradition in compliance with the territory and preserving the education for the taste and the right to the pleasure of good table. A large "earth market" is active in Bologna: the peasant market of Slow Food, where you can also find many other garrisons, such as the Romagna Mora Sina breed or the Parmigiano Reggiano of red cows.
3. Friggione
Friggione is a typical, exquisite dish of the peasant tradition and is composed almost completely by onions as well as other vegetables, subject to very long cooking over low heat. It is certainly one of the most "demanding" experiences of Emilian cuisine, however it certainly deserves to be tried and tasted.
The recipe of the Bolognese Friggione in compliance with the canons of typical Bolognese cuisine is deposited at the Academy of Italian Cuisine and at the Bologna Chamber of Commerce and provides in the basic version the use, as the main ingredient, of 4 kg of medicine onions accompanied by a jar of tomato preservation.
4. Green sauce
The local tradition provides, among the second classic Bolognese, the dish of mixed boiled boiled measures served with a particular sauce: the well -known Bolognese green sauce. The recipe for this delicious accompaniment sauce is entrusted to the secret handed down by the grandmothers and involves the use of parsley, capers, anchovies, boiled egg a vinegar and dry bread. The fresh pleasure that marries the fat consistency of the meat makes it impossible to escape the final shoe.
5. Rice cake
The time has come to close with the traditional dessert of Bologna: the rice cake. The flat and humid geographical area has made great rice fields and the wealth of raw materials prosper in the Po Valley, the ingenuity of some cooks, which about 1600 designed the recipe, must have been wealth. This typical cake is traditionally associated with the festival of the decorations for the Corpus Domini : it was brought into sliced procession in small rhombuses and offered to the faithful. Today you can still enjoy its delicate, but aromatic, almond and candied fruit flavor ideal for an all -taste snack.
Taste the typical recipes of our city
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