Today, my roommates and I traveled with CET to a small town outside of Florence called Borgo San Lorenzo. The town was hosting their annual “Sagra del Tortello e del Maiale” (Pork and Tortello Festival). Tortello (plural: Tortelli) is a delicious ravioli-like pasta filled with potato. We had a pleasant train ride with some wonderful views and enjoyed a delicious meal. Here are some pictures and a description of some of the food we tried.
Antipasti (Appetizers). We were served several plates of “
Tavolozza di Maiale” which is a pork plate, including prosciutto, ham, salami and
ciccioli. Ciccioli is cured lard (gross!), but everything else was delicious.
Primi (First): This is the first course of small pasta portions. We had
Tortelli al Ragú(the potato stuffed pasta with tomato sauce),
Tortelli Tartufati (pasta with truffle sauce),
Gnocchi Tartufati (this one was my favorite) and
Penne al Pomodoro (penne pasta with tomato).
Secondi (Second). This is the second course that usually contains the meat dishes. By this course we were already full of pasta, but we had chicken (
Pollo) and a barbecue plate of different grilled meats (
Grigliata). They were both delicious.
The second course is served with side dishes, or
contorni. Marge, Noelle and Alex had the mixed salad (
Insalata Mista), the table shared the roasted potatoes (
Patate Arrosto in Forno) which were similar to french fries, and I had a delicious white bean dish (
Fagioli al Fiasco).
Although we were all very full, we still saved room for sweets (
dolci). Marge and I shared a delicious cake called “
Millefoglie” and others shared a tart, or “
Crostata”.
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| Hannah & Margaret |
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| L-R: Margaret, Hannah, Stephanie, Lindsay, Elisa, Noelle, Alex |
It was a wonderful day in Borgo San Lorenzo and I am still so full that I won’t have to eat again for another few days. Arrivederci!
Hannah Rogers
CET Correspondent
Spring 2011
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