Abruzzo365

Your daily dose of inspiration from the green heart of Italy

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Polpette com sugo di peperoni e mosto cotto

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One of the dishes we made in our cooking class

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Arrival at Palena. Mozzarella doesn’t get any fresher than this! #putabruzzoonthemap #roadtoexpo2015 #abruzzoinstarail

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Bocconotti: lovely crumbly pastry filled with chocolate and nuts.

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Slicing the porchetta at the Saturday market in Sulmona.

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La passeggiata ~ evening stroll in Sulmona

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Quinoa e Lenticchie di Santo Stefano di Sessanio

C’era una volta… è sempre così che iniziano le favole…eh si perché oggi voglio portarvi alla scoperta di un luogo... Continue reading »

A twist on a traditional Abruzzese dish: Quinoa and Lentils. The annual Sagra delle Lenticchie (festival of lentils) takes place this weekend at Santo Stefano di Sessanio, in the province of L'Aquila. Read more about it (in Italian) on La Macchiarola's blog.

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Fascism's Ghostly Mark on the Abruzzo Landscape

Abruzzo can be an unforgiving land. For centuries man has tried to make a living from its rocky, harsh terrain. One man in particular was the fascist engineer Orazio Giuliani, who in 1936 won a com...

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Celli ripieni ~ Jam-filled cookies from Abruzzo. A delicate dough made with olive oil filled with a mixture of rustic grape jam, bittersweet chocolate and almonds.

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Skyscanner confronta gratis più di 1000 compagnie aeree di tutto il mondo. Scopri subito i voli più economici: risparmia tempo e denaro.

A list of the 20 prettiest towns in Italy includes one in Abruzzo ~ Pacentro. Have you been to any of these places?

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Un gran bel video in time lapse girato l’anno scorso nel mio Abruzzo.

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Happy Monday: Spectacular time lapse video of the Abruzzo countryside.

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Sunday postcard from Abruzzo: Sitting on the wall in Guardiagrele.

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A palm near the Adriatic coast of Abruzzo

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From the Facebook page of my friends at Abruzzo Presto: The Abbey church of San Giovanni in Venere, a still active (13th C.) monastery complex in the commune of Fossacesia, in Abruzzo, Italy. It is located on a hill directly facing the Adriatic Sea. The reference to Venus (Venere) derives from the presence of a pagan temple of the goddess on the site, which would have been built in ~80 BC. Photo credit Valerio Politi.

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Hot in #Sulmona

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We Abruzzesi ❤️ our peperoncino. The hotter the better.

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If you visit Vasto, be sure to try a slice of pizza con la ventricina. Ventricina is a cured sausage made with cubed pork and pork fat and seasoned liberally with ground sweet pepper, ground chili pepper, black pepper and fennel. It is deliciously spicy and salty and beats pepperoni on pizza by a mile.

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This pizza was fabulous.

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If you visit Vasto, be sure to try a slice of pizza con la ventricina. Ventricina is a cured sausage made with cubed pork and pork fat and seasoned liberally with ground sweet pepper, ground chili pepper, black pepper and fennel. It is deliciously spicy and salty and beats pepperoni on pizza by a mile.

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Welcome to Fontefico, a boutique organic winery owned by brothers Nicola and Emmanuele Altieri. The vineyards and winery are situated on 15 hectares (37 acres) between the Adriatic Sea and the Majella mountain range. The microclimate in this specific location is ideal for growing a variety of grapes ~ including Pecorino and Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, according to the Altieri brothers. Only 3 hectares (7 1/2 acres) are cultivated, and the winery produces five wines: Pecorino Superiore, Cerasuolo Superiore, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Titinge Montepulciano Riserva, and Costetoste Aglianico. The latter is from a grape that is prevalent in Campania, south of Abruzzo, but does particularly well in Fontefico's microclimate.

Fontefico is on the itinerary for the culinary tour I'm leading with Abruzzo Presto at the end of September. Would you like a private tour at tasting at the winery? Join us! (only 2 spots left).