Finally, on Monday night, we had pizza for dinner at the pizzeria in the old part of the village where we are staying. The menu was three full pages of options, two of which are shown in the picture here, and yes, they do, do Hawaiian!
 |
| Olives, capsicum, salami and chilli. |
The next day we rode our bikes up to Campocatino, a largely deserted village that is now mostly frequented by hikers. We rode from Vagli Sotto (Vagli low) to Vagli Sopra (Vagli high) and then continued to climb to Campocatino, a total climb of about 400 metres in altitude.
 |
| Looking down on Vagli Sopra, Vagli Sotto and the old part of Vagli Sotto at the back. |
We had lunch at Il Refugio, where we were again offered, with as much enthusiam as ever, for primi: pasta with ragu; pasta with pesto; or pasta with pomodoro and then for secondi: melanese; scallopine; or prosciutto with melons. They also offered the local speciality of minestre di Farro which is a soup made of the local ancient wheat variety they call Farro which looks and tastes a lot like pearl barley. While we suspect that this picture may displease certain readers, it deserves to be included because the soup was delicious.
 |
| Brown soup |
One other yummy thing we had the other day, from a bakery near Carregine, was little pieces of bread dough that have been fried and well salted. There is no picture because we ate them too quickly but here is a recipe that I am going to try when when I get home.
Posted with Blogsy
No comments:
Post a Comment