THE WONDERS OF LOCAL CUISINE, The Wonderful Flavors Of Verona

Hi, my name’s Scott, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to the wonderful flavors of Verona.

There are plenty of typical dishes you can savor in Verona. Among the most common starters, you’ll find platters of salamis and cheeses, as well as a typical local variety of celeriac, which is delicious with mayonnaise.

The most characteristic first dishes include risottos, such as the famous risotto all’Amarone, made with plenty of Amarone red wine, or risotto with Verona red radicchio, riso coi bisi (rice with peas), or risotto al tastasal, made with minced pork seasoned with salt and pepper. 

Alternatively, you might like to try potato gnocchi, served with a meat sauce; bigoli, a kind of long, square-shaped egg pasta similar to spaghetti served with sardines from the nearby Lake Garda, or nodi d’amore, meat-filled tortellini made from very fine sheets of pasta, typical of Valeggio, a small village in the area.

Popular main courses include bollito con la pearà, boiled meat served with a sauce made from ox marrow, butter, breadcrumbs and pepper; or anatra col pien, an age-old recipe for duck stuffed with bread and herbs. You can also try pastissada de caval: a horse meat stew made with a recipe dating back to 489....