Specialities & recipes, Piedmont

The refined palate

If you enjoy cooking, why not try to recreate a corner of Italy in your own home, putting your cooking skills to the test with some of the regional and local recipes published here: just follow the recipe (it’s important to have the right ingredients!) and add a sprinkling of imagination. The results will surprise you, even if it is not possible to entirely replace the ambience of a typical family restaurant in Italy, surrounded by the timeless quality of its familial atmosphere.

Famous lentils of Castelluccio with IGP label (www.umbriainbocca.it)

Lentils

The recipe for a dish that cannot be left out at Christmas or New Years Eve. Lentils are considered as bearers of luck, wealth and prosperity and help to give a good start to the New Year. » Visit

Risotto al barolo

This dish marries two much loved foods from the northern region of Piemonte: rice and local red wine. » Visit


Events

Carlo Carrà con Roberto Longhi, 1935 (www.studioesseci.net)

Carrà at the Ferrero Foundation

Following on from the exhibition of the landscapes of Giorgio Morandi, the next retrospective promoted by the Ferrero foundation in Alba will be dedicated to the Piedmontese artist, Carlo Carrà.

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Accomodation

Camping Röse

Dormelletto (NO)

Campeggio Valle Gesso

Entracque (CN)


... Your holiday