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Potato Gnocchi
Tender ridged dumplings made by hand
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Pasta e Ceci
Pasta and chickpeas for an ordinary evening
Calabria / Cosenza
Patate ’Mpacchiuse
Sliced potatoes cooked until sticky and crisp at the edges
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Pasta e Patate
A thick, starchy pasta and potato supper
Calabria / Cosenza
Fileja alla ’Nduja
Hand-rolled Calabrian pasta in a spreadable chilli salami sauce
Calabria / Cosenza
Licurdia
The red onion and potato soup of Cosenza
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Pasta ca Muddica
Pasta with toasted breadcrumbs and anchovy
Calabria / Cosenza
Melanzane Ripiene alla Calabrese
Stuffed eggplant baked with breadcrumbs and tomato
Calabria / Cosenza
Ciambotta Calabrese
The late summer vegetable stew
Calabria / Cosenza
Baccalà alla Cosentina
Salt cod stewed with potatoes, peppers, and olives
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Lagane e Ceci
Wide hand-cut noodles with chickpeas
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Acquasale
Stale bread, tomato, oil and water
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Pane di Cerchiara
A tall sourdough loaf in the Cerchiara style
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Pitta Calabrese
The ring-shaped Calabrian bread
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Lestopitta
Thin unleavened flatbread from the Reggio area
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Pane di Altamura Style Loaf
A durum wheat loaf with a yellow crumb
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Pane di Matera Style Loaf
The tall horn-shaped bread of Basilicata
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Pane di Laterza Style Loaf
A wood-oven country loaf from Puglia
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Cuddureddi
Small hard bread rings
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Cudduruni di Buccheri
Dimpled flatbreads with oregano and dried tomato
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Pane di Cuti
A mountain village sourdough
Calabria / Cosenza
Melanzane Sott'Olio
Eggplant preserved in oil
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Olive Schiacciate
Cracked olives cured in brine
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Caponata
Sweet and sour eggplant
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Peperoni Cruschi
Crisp dried sweet peppers
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Frittelle di Fiori di Zucca
Zucchini blossom fritters
Calabria / Cosenza
Nepitelle
Calabrian filled pastries
Calabria / Cosenza
Mostaccioli Calabresi
Honey and spice biscuits shaped by hand
Calabria / Cosenza
Chinulille
Fried pastries filled with chestnut and chocolate
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Pignolata
Fried dough bound with honey
Calabria / Cosenza
Cedrata
Citron cordial
Calabria / Cosenza
Bergamotto Lemonade
Bergamot, lemon and cold water
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Granita al Limone
Lemon ice, scraped by hand
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Vino Cotto
Cooked grape must syrup
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Insalata di Patate
Warm potato salad with olive oil, not mayonnaise
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Patate al Forno con Origano
Roasted potatoes with oregano and olive oil
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Insalata di Pomodoro e Cipolla
Tomato and red onion salad with oregano
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Insalata di Arance
Orange, fennel and olive salad