In this short article we will tell you what typical Umbrian foods can be that we recommend you try during a trip or vacation in this wonderful Italian region. Foods that often have their origins in history and which still today find their importance in the typical regional cuisine.
Here are 5 typical foods you should try on a trip to Umbria:
- Wild Boar. Wild boar meat is widely used in Umbrian menus, and rightly so. A rich scent of game but at the same time a tender meat is often served on pasta such as pappardelle or stewed in sauce.
- Umbrian black truffle. It is one of the main dishes on the menu, especially in the months of the autumn harvest when the product is very fresh. The truffle is particularly delicious if cut into slices to flavor long and thick pasta like Umbrian strangozzi.
- Lentils. The small and thin lentils of Castelluccio (or Colfiorito) are partly responsible for the floral explosion of the Piano Grande that occurs between spring and summer, and give their best in a thick soup topped with bruschetta and olive oil extra virgin.
- Pigeon. Umbrians order the pigeon, often from higher-end restaurants. This delicate poultry meat has in history been a pillar for the citizens in the besieged villages in the Middle Ages, or when it was too dangerous to go hunting and for the fields to devote themselves to agriculture.
- Emmer. Food used in everyday life in ancient times and still today it is used in many typical Umbrian dishes.
And you, which typical foods would you recommend? Write it in the comments.
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