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Sample recipes from Umbria: Regional Recipes from the Heartland of Italy

Master Bread

In Umbria today, bread is made both with and without salt. This is a recipe for salted bread dough. A small bowl filled with water set on...

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Guglielma Corsi’s Roasted Peppers with Anchovies, Mint, and Lemon

A few peppers remained from my summer crop and the mint was asserting itself through the bricks on the path some time after I noticed thi...

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Clarisse Schiller’s Pasta with Asparagus Sauce

My friend Clarisse Schiller, who lives in the tiny medieval village of Lizori above Campello sul Clitunno, makes this pasta when the wild...

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Squab in the Umbrian Style

Piccioni, farm-raised young pigeons, or squabs, between three and four weeks old, are tender and tasty. Cooking them this way is typical ...

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Donatella’s Angry Chicken

Donatella Platoni invited me to her country house near Perugia to eat this peppery chicken stew. When I arrived, she was talking to the b...

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Viola Buitoni’s Stewed Salt Cod with Tomato, Raisins, and Pine Nuts

This recipe is from Viola Buitoni, the daughter of cattleman Paolo Buitoni. It is a typical dish of the Lake Trasimeno region of her chil...

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Farro and Artichokes alla Viola

Viola Buitoni gave me this recipe, which puts together two foods of which I am very fond, farro and artichokes. By birth and upbringing, ...

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Almond Biscotti

It's one thing to purchase biscotti from your favorite caf or grocery store, but it's quite another to make your own. If you've never attempted to make this type of cookie, then this Almond Biscotti recipe is for you. These delightfully crunchy cookies will be the perfect complement to your favorite cup of coffee or tea for a mid-afternoon snack. This easy cookie recipe can be made year-round, and it will also be a unique addition to your holiday cookie platter.

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