The mediterranean is rich in mussels, and you’ll find mussel recipes throughout the coastal regions. This particular one is from Liguria, and like many Italian recipes its beauty lies in its simplicity and the use of fresh, high quality produce. Ingredients for an Italian mussel soup 2kg of Mussels 1/2 glass of dry white wine [...]
This is a traditional recipe in a number of places along the Romagnolo coast – in particular around Rimini and Bellaria. It’s one of those dishes that, because it was associated with poverty – both polenta and clams were traditionally the food of the poor – had fallen out of favour, disappearing from many menus. [...]
Baccalá, or salted cod is normally associated with the Venetian province, where it became particularly popular thanks to the growth in trade during the middle ages (Salted cod, by its very nature, is an import – coming from the Atlantic). As an import, though, it can be found in the cooking tradition of various regions, [...]
