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Files and itineraries to discover the local gastronomy

The knowledge, enhancement, and promotion of the local cultures and traditions have always been one of the aims of protected areas. A visit to the river and its territory can also represent an occasion to discover the products of the earth and the skillful processing methods our gastronomy can suggest. Po Piemontese Parks Authority offers in these pages useful information to discover a world of flavors enriching your visit to the protected area, combining the safeguard of nature with the economic agricultural activities to promote the collaboration between the Park Authority and the professional agricultural organizations.

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Restaurant along the river Po near Valentino Castle
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Carmagnola Grey Rabbit
As its name suggests, this species has a soft, thick, grey fur (a little brighter on the belly, the limbs and the end of tail). Middle-sized, with a long body and muscular loin, it apparently descends from a Chinchilla crossbreed. The Carmagnola Grey...
Category: Autochthonous Breed and Meat
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Slow Food Presidium
Fresse (or Frisse or Grive)
Definition Fresse are pork meat-balls prepared in the butcher's shop by mincing small pieces of liver, lung, plucks, etc. that are mixed together. Meat-balls are wrapped up in the omentum, in order to keep together the various kinds of meat. Meat-balls,...
Category: Autochthonous Breed and Meat
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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs
Frogs of the Piedmont Rice Fields
Definition Rice cultivation in the lands of Vercelli has led to the creation of an ecosystem favoring the proliferation of frogs that were caught to be eaten. There were fishermen specialized in frog fishing who used to sell the product on the local...
Category: Autochthonous Breed and Meat
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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs
Piedmontese blonde hen
Category: Autochthonous Breed and Meat
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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs
Piedmontese blonde hen
Category: Autochthonous Breed and Meat
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Slow Food Presidium
Prejvi, Previ, Preti or Quajette
Definition Salted and spiced pork rinds, rolled and tied with string. Processing Method: Cut a stripe of pork rind and flavor it with salt, pepper, aromas, and particular pickling, according to the recipe of the local grocer or butcher. Roll it and...
Category: Autochthonous Breed and Meat
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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs
Saluzzo White Hen
Definition Saluzzo white hen has a medium-small size, medium developed head, with a well-developed red and upright crest in the rooster (with 4-6 "teeth"), bent on one side in the hen. Wattles and cheeks are red. Beak, tarsi, and skin are yellow. The...
Category: Autochthonous Breed and Meat
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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs
Saluzzo White Hen
Saluzzo white hen is bred in a very small area, namely in the former Marquisate of Saluzzo (strong political reality which over the centuries bounced between the French domination and that of the House of Savoy) and in some northern municipalities (such...
Category: Autochthonous Breed and Meat
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Slow Food Presidium
Tajarin
Category: Rice Pasta and Cereals
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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs
Traditional Rice of the Po Plain
Definition Within the quality rice production in the Po Plain, Consorzio di Tutela e Valorizzazione delle Varietà Tipiche del Riso Italiano e delle Sue Tradizioni has recognized six "historical" varieties that are still widespread in the area....
Category: Rice Pasta and Cereals
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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs
Giora Salami
Definition Giora Salami is a salami with a fine-grained mixture, produced with meat coming from Piemontese breed cows that are no longer suitable for reproduction and fattened (giore, term after which the salami has been named). The meat is mixed with...
Category: Cold Cuts
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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs
Potato Salami
Definition It is a sausage based on boiled potatoes and pork meat. In some areas of Biella, some blood is added in order to obtain a pink-colored product. Sometimes it is also called "salampatata". Processing Method: Potatoes are boiled. The product...
Category: Cold Cuts
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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs
Salam d'la duja
Definition Salam d'la duja is a pork salami preserved in lard. The word "duja" means in the local dialect "vase, container, pot, jar". As a matter of fact, the name of the product derives from the glazed terracotta jar used to preserve the salami...
Category: Cold Cuts
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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs
Tripa d'Muncalé (or Moncalieri Tripe, or Salami Tripe)
Definition Despite the name, it is a "salami" produced with parts of cow, sheep, goat, and pig's stomach. Tripa 'd Muncalé probably comes from the usages of Cisalpine Gaul, where they used to sack the stomach of various animals creating...
Category: Cold Cuts
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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs
White Truffle
Definition The white truffle (scientific name: Tuber magnatum Pico) is a "fungus" entirely developing underground. The sporocarp is characterized by a pale yellow color sometimes tending to ochre/beige, with red-brown spots. It has a round shape, a smooth...
Category: Truffles
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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs
Barbera del Monferrato
A basic vine in the wine making of Piedmont, Barbera is a very versatile wine, with a production going from traditional Barbera wine, to oaky wines, to new red wines... to sparkling wines (spumanti). The grape harvest takes place at the beginning of...
Category: Wine
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DOC - Controlled Designation of Origin
Canavese Barbera
Definition Canavese Barbera consists of at least the 85% of Barbera grapes. This wine has a more or less intense ruby red color, sometimes with violaceous reflections; a characteristic vinous, slightly fruity scent; a dry, harmonious, and full-bodied...
Category: Wine
Quality Brands:
DOC - Controlled Designation of Origin
Canavese Nebbiolo
Definition Canavese Nebbiolo consists of at least the 85% of Nebbiolo grapes. This wine has a ruby or garnet red color, sometimes with orange reflections; a characteristic, delicate, and slightly floral scent; a dry and full-bodied, slightly tannic taste....
Category: Wine
Quality Brands:
DOC - Controlled Designation of Origin
Canavese Red
Definition Canavese Red wine consists for at least the 60% of grapes coming from Barbera, Bonarda, Freisa, and Neretto vines. It has an intense garnet red color with violaceous reflections; a broad and attractive scent, with flavors of clove, wild berries,...
Category: Wine
Quality Brands:
DOC - Controlled Designation of Origin
Canavese Red New Wine
Definition Canavese Red New Wine is made with at least the 60% of grapes coming from Barbera, Bonarda, Freisa, Neretto vines. Canavese Red New Wine is the wine sold within one year after bottling. Canavese Red Wine has an intense garnet color with yellow-crowned...
Category: Wine
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DOC - Controlled Designation of Origin
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