Onano lentils with sausages

Onano lentils with sausages

Of quite outstanding organoleptic properties, the lentil of Onano (Viterbo) is protected by the De.Co (Local Designation of Origin), included in the official register of Traditional Italian Regional Food Products and promoted by the Slow Food Organization. It is also...
Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe

Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe

Cacio e Pepe is not simply pasta with grated pecorino cheese and ground pepper. If we follow the traditional Roman recipe, we find there are some little tricks to concocting the real “Cacio e Pepe”. Let’s start with the “cacio”: it has to be Pecorino Romano DOP....
Lake Bolsena Whitefish with Green Sauce

Lake Bolsena Whitefish with Green Sauce

Whitefish is the most widespread and widely-fished species in Lake Bolsena (Viterbo), the best known for its delicately flavoured high-quality flesh. Originally from Lake Como, it only arrived in 1800 in this lake area just over half an hour from Viterbo and about 2...
Lake Bolsena Eel in Vernaccia or ‘Mbriaca

Lake Bolsena Eel in Vernaccia or ‘Mbriaca

Well known for having chosen the Rocca dei Papi in Motefiascone as his residence, Martin IV, the French Simon de Brion, who rose to the papal throne in 1281, is remembered for his passion for the DOC eels from Lake Bolsena, the area just over half an hour from Viterbo...
La Nocciola Romana DOP – Hazelnut

La Nocciola Romana DOP – Hazelnut

An excellent product from the hazelnut groves on the Cimini Mountains (VT), the Romana DOP Hazelnut is the fruit of the species Corylus avellana cultivar, “Tonda Gentile Romana” and “Nocchione”. Called “Nocchia”, this product of Lazio has been registered on the...