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Gastronomy in Tuscia

Tuscia boasts a poor and genuine cuisine, characterized by the typical products of the land and the lake. The menus of the territory allow to rediscover the ancient tastes in characteristic and family environments choosing among simple and economic price menu fixed and more particular proposals of the house. The prices: from around 18 to 40 Euro per person.

Typical dishes

Acquacotta of Maremma
A feast of flavors, from potatoes to onions, from eggs to the cod, enhanced by the presence of garlic, the fresh mint and the red pepper. A soup served on sliced bread.
Sbroscia
It is one of the oldest fish dishes. A soup that fishermen used to prepare with the water of the lake. A mix of eel, tench, pike, perch cooked in an earthenware dish, fried with garlic and onion, mint, tomatoes, potatoes and peppers.
Lamb "a bujone"
Is the typical dish of the poor cuisine in whose sauce once people used to dip also an entire loaf of bread. The lamb is coocked in stew, and dressed with a dense and spicy sauce flavored with sprigs of rosemary, olive oil, red pepper and garlic.
Wild boar cooked in sweet and sour sauce
The taste of the wild boar is softened by a rich marinade flavored with celery, carrot, onion, parsley and thyme.
Jugged rabbit
A dish that boasts a sophisticated blend of flavors, including the acidity of the red wine and sweet taste of the rabbit meat, enriched with a bouquet of herbs such as rosemary, bay leaf, sage and juniper.
lake whitefish "alla bolsenese"
The most typical lake fish, baked on a bed of Sage, garlic, fennel, salt and pepper.

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