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Traditional Dishes from Basilicata



TESTINA DI CAPRETTO AL FORNO
Baked Spring Kid's Head

Calzone di verdura: pizza dough baked folded over a filling of chard, peppers and raisins.

Cazmarr: stew of lamb's innards, prosciutto, cheese and wine.

Ciammotta: fried eggplant, peppers and potatoes stewed with tomatoes.

Ciaudedda: braised artichokes stuffed with potatoes, onions, fava beans, salt pork.

Cotechinata: pork rind rolled around a filling of salt pork, garlic and peppers and stewed in tomato sauce.

Focaccia a brazzudÍ: flatbread with pork crackling, lard and oregano.

Grano al ragü: 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”).

Peperonata con carne di porco: pepper and tomato stew with various pieces of pork.

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.

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.

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