The Tastes of Lessinia
Lessinia is characterized by a rich wine production and gastronomy, linked to local dishes and products like "gnochi de malga", mushrooms, chestnuts, Monte Veronese cheese, and to famous wines of the piedmont area like Valpolicella, Amarone, Recioto, Soave, Valdadige-Terra dei Forti, and Lessini Durello.
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| |  | Filled Cimbrian Cake
It is a cake linked to an ancient legend about three girls working as laborers during the hay cuttin... >>
| | Sweets |
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|  | Frolle and Croccanti of Lessinia
A specialty of Lessini Mountains that was prepared for the first time in the far 19th century in the... >>
| | Sweets |
| |  | Medicinal Herbs
Aromatic herbs are largely used in the preparation of herbal products and in cooking. Several medic... >>
| | Fresh Herbs |
| |  | Caciotta Erbezzina
It is a mountain cheese made with cow's milk and characterized by a short maturation period, who... >>
| | Cheese |
| |  | Cheese Flavored with Herbs and Special Cheese
According to a local habit dating back to the last century, aromatic herbs are added during the chee... >>
| | Cheese |
| |  | Cimbrian Cheese
Cheese variety produced in the Municipality of Roverè Veronese: its name is linked to the Cim... >>
| | Cheese |
| |  | Goat Cheese
Goat breeding activities have been characterizing Lessinia since ancient times. Nowadays, a few smal... >>
| | Cheese |
| |  | Lessinia Cheese
The milk coming from the cattle breeding activities of Lessinia plateau is skillfully transformed in... >>
| | Cheese |
| |  | Milk, Butter, Yogurt, and Ice-Cream
The milk coming from Lessinia pastures is characterized by the organoleptic features deriving from t... >>
| | Cheese |
|  | Monte Veronese
Verona plain is delimited in the north by Lessini Mountains, a very ancient cheese-making area whose... >>
| | Cheese |
| |  | Fruit and the Products of the Forest
The products of the forest and the undergrowth are ideal ingredients for many recipes: they are spon... >>
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| |  | Marroni and San Mauro Marroni
Fossil finds demonstrate the presence of the chestnut tree already 23 million years ago. The cultiva... >>
| | Fruit |
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|  | Liquors and Distilled Beverages
The mountains are the land of liquors: here people needs not only to struggle against the cold of th... >>
| | Liquors and Distilled beverages |
| |  | Honey and Similar Products
Local honey was already used in the 19th century instead of sugar, that was more expensive. In Lessi... >>
| | Honey |
| |  | Potatoes
It is recognized that the mountain potato has top-quality organoleptic and nutritional features. Its... >>
| | Vegetables and Legumes |
| |  | Bread with Herbs and Bread with Walnuts
The bakeries of Lessinia have thought to enrich this essential product of the common diet with chara... >>
| | Bread |
| |  | Bread with Ricotta Cheese
Besides giving bread a delicate taste, the addition of ricotta and honey also makes it soft for a lo... >>
| | Bread |
| |  | Beef
The cattle summer grazing activity has recently found a new drive in Lessinia, because it guarantees... >>
| | Autochthonous Breed and Meat |
| |  | Cold Cuts and Sausages of Lessinia Park
Pork meat processing boasts a long tradition. It was born with the aim to preserve meat, in order to... >>
| | Cold Cuts |
| |  | Cotechino
Cotechino was born from the need to use all the parts of the pig. As a matter of fact, it is still m... >>
| | Cold Cuts |
