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Ossobuco con risotto - Photo (c)
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Milan, The Food: Recipes
Lombardy typical foods include:
Casônsei: ravioli filled with sausage, bread and cheese
in Brescia, and with those ingredients and more around
Bergamo÷always dressed with butter and Grana Padano.
Polenta pasticciata: cooked cornmeal, sliced and baked
with layers of tomato, pork and mushroom sauce.
Risotto alla certosina: rice braised with onions,
peas, leeks and tomatoes, served with froglegs, filets of perch,
crayfish and mushrooms.
Tacchina ripiena: Christmas roast turkey stuffed with
chestnuts, apples, pears, walnuts, minced veal, salt pork,
brandy and herbs.
Tortelli di zucca: envelopes with a filling of yellow
squash, mostarda, almond biscuits and cheese, served with butter
and grated Parmigiano Reggiano.
Uccelli scappati: chunks of veal and pork skewered
with sage leaves and cooked to resemble “escaped birds.”
(c) 1997-2008 E. Massetti
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