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10 Italian Recipes That Channel Piedmont



“The primary rule of Piedmont is you possibly can by no means actually know Piedmont until you might be Piedmontese,” writes F&W Govt Wine Editor Ray Isle in his story, Unlocking the Mysteries of Piedmont. “It does have hills and vineyards and hazelnut forests and narrow-streeted small cities that appear to have been transported out of an earlier period, and it has soul.”

The area in northwest Italy, simply south of the Alps, is thought for Alba white truffles and Barolo, Barbaresco, and Barbera purple wines. Piedmont is residence to cheeses, like Gorgonzola and Castelmagno, and beef from the Piedmontese breed of cattle. Pair these Piedmontese elements with the area’s signature dishes and drinks, from breadsticks and pasta to dessert.

Stracotto di Fassona Piemontese (Piedmont Braised Beef)

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Chef Otto Lucà, of Langotto Ristorante in Novello, considers this rustic prime blade roast crucial essential course of classical Piedmontese delicacies. The meat is marinated in a single day and slow-braised in Piedmontese purple wine till it is falling-apart tender.

Ragù di Salsiccia (Sausage Ragù) with Tajarin

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At Casa di Langa in Piedmont, chef Daniel Zeilinga makes sausage and veal ragù with recent tomato water to serve with tajarin — a recent pasta from Piedmont with a excessive ratio of egg yolks to flour leading to a golden hue.

Bunet (Chocolate Crème Caramel with Amaretti)

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Also called bonet, Bunet is a creamy, wealthy custard dessert from Piedmont. Daniel Zeilinga, the manager chef at Fàula Ristorante in Cerretto Langhe, garnishes the dessert with amaretti cookies to boost the almond taste of the pudding and add a stunning crunch.

Agnolotti del Plin

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Agnolotti del Plin (which means “with the pinch”) originated as a method of utilizing up braised meat in Piedmont. At Casa di Langa’s Fàula Ristorante, the tiny, meat-filled pasta pockets are filled with a pork, hen, veal, and vegetable filling certain with butter and cheese. The pasta is often served on particular events with a lowered sauce constituted of meat drippings.

Bicerin

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This traditional mix of espresso, chocolate, and milk hails from Turin, the capital of Piedmont. It is named after the Italian phrase for the spherical glass through which it’s historically served.

Grissini

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Grissini are lengthy, crispy, pencil-thin breadsticks with a cracker-like crunch which have been made in Piedmont because the 1600s. Serve this model from New York Metropolis’s Barbuto with wine as an aperitivo alongside cheese, cured meats, and olives.

Ossola-Type Gnocchi with Sage-Butter Sauce

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Gnocchi all’Ossolana comes from Piedmont’s Ossola Valley, only a few miles from Italy’s border with Switzerland. Pasta Social Membership founder Meryl Feinstein makes her tackle the pasta with chestnut flour for nuttiness, heat, and a caramel shade.

Smashed Potatoes with Bagna Cauda

William Hereford


Bagna cauda interprets to “sizzling tub” in Italian and is a garlic and anchovy dipping sauce that originated in Italy’s Piedmont area and Provence in France. At Aragosta, in Deer Isle, Maine, chef Devin Finigan tosses smashed Yukon Gold potatoes within the sauce, topping each with fried capers, carrots, parsley, radish, and sugar snap peas.

White Truffle Tagliolini

Greg DuPree

Improve ribbon-shaped tagliolini pasta with shaved Alba white truffles for a easy, satisfying Piedmontese dish in 20 minutes.

Barolo-Braised Veal

© John Kernick

Winemaker and restaurateur Giorgio Rivetti marinates a boneless veal shoulder roast in a single day in a bottle and a half of Barolo for this beef dish served with cooked carrots and creamy polenta.

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