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Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a very shallow bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of 7,924 square kilometres (3,059 sq mi) and about 1.2 million inhabitants.

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Featured Dishes from Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Presnitz

Presnitz

Puff pastry filled with dried fruit, nuts, chocolate, citrus peel, spices like cinnamon, and rum

Strudel di mele

Strudel di mele

Chifeletti

Chifeletti

Crescent shaped vanilla shortbread cookies

Gialletti

Gialletti

Small yellow cornmeal cookies with lemon zest, dried fruit, traditionally diamond-shaped

Gubana

Gubana

Sweet bread or cake made with dried fruit, nuts, candied lemon and orange peel, common during Christmas and Easter

Krapfen

Krapfen

Jam- or cream-filled doughnuts

Nadalin

Nadalin

Star-shaped Christmas cake

Polenta e osei

Polenta e osei

Sweet version: spongecake with a layer of hazelnut butter cream, filled with chocolate and hazelnut buttercream, and topped with marzipan

Presnitz

Presnitz

Puff pastry filled with dried fruit, nuts, chocolate, citrus peel, spices like cinnamon, and rum

Strudel di mele

Strudel di mele

Tiramisu

Tiramisu

Coffee-flavored dessert made with ladyfingers and whipped mascarpone cheese

Colli Orientali del Friuli

Colli Orientali del Friuli

Collio Goriziano

Collio Goriziano

Friulano

Friulano

Friuli Isonzo

Friuli Isonzo

Grappa

Grappa

Pignolo

Pignolo

Ramandolo

Ramandolo

Regosco dal peduncolo rosso

Regosco dal peduncolo rosso

Ribolla Gialla

Ribolla Gialla

White grape from Friuli, Italy and Slovenia

Schiopettino

Schiopettino

Sgroppino

Sgroppino

Mixed drink made with lemon sorbet, prosecco and vodka

Tazzelenghe

Tazzelenghe

Verduzzo

Verduzzo

Bigoli in salsa

Bigoli in salsa

Bigoli pasta in a sauce with onions and sardines

Bobici

Bobici

Soup with corn kernels, borlotti beans, vegetables and potatoes

Boreto alla graisana

Boreto alla graisana

Turbot chowder with garlic, olive oil and vinegar

Brodetto

Brodetto

Spicy seafood soup

Canederli

Canederli

Large bread dumplings, made with stale bread, flour, milk, eggs, cheese, herbs, speck, served in broth, stews, with roasts

Cevapcici

Cevapcici

Minced meat sausages, serve with chopped onions, kajmak, ajvar, as a sandwich on flatbread

Cjarsons

Cjarsons

Sweet and/or savory stuffed pasta, filled with fruit, ricotta, potatoes, spinach, chocolate, jam, nuts, herbs, cinnamon

Coniglio arrosto

Coniglio arrosto

Crab

Crab

Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish

Eel

Eel

Gnocchi di pane

Gnocchi di pane

Bread gnocchi, serve plain, with parmigiano cheese, with tomato sauce

Granseola alla triestina

Granseola alla triestina

Baked spider crab with breadcrumbs, garlic, lemon and parsley

Gulash triestino

Gulash triestino

Beef and vegetable stew

Istrian stew

Istrian stew

Stew with bacon, beans, spare ribs, potatoes, sauerkraut

Jota

Jota

Bean and pickled turnip soup, several variations

Minestra di ceci

Minestra di ceci

Chickpea soup with pasta, meat, vegetables

Muset e brovada

Muset e brovada

Muset (pork sausage) and fermented shredded turnips, common during Christmas

Paparot

Paparot

Polenta and spinach soup

Polenta e osei

Polenta e osei

Savory version: polenta served with skewered and grilled meats such as small birds, beef, pork, veal, sausage, pancetta

Polenta pasticciata

Polenta pasticciata

Layered polenta casserole with meat sauce, sliced polenta is layered with mushroom sauce, tomatoes, ground beef, veal, sausage, Parmigiano-Reggiano, then baked

Saltfish

Saltfish

Sarde in saor

Sarde in saor

Deep-fried sardines marinated in a sweet and sour sauce with onion, sultanas, candied peel, pine nuts and vinegar

Sardine

Sardine

Scallop

Scallop

Seafood

Seafood

Shrimp

Shrimp

Squid

Squid

Tuna

Tuna

Turbot

Turbot

Ajvar

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Ajvar

Roasted red pepper spread, dip or sauce, may also include eggplant, serve with bread, cevapcici (cevapi), pide, stuffed peppers, meat dishes, fish

Baccalà mantecato

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Baccalà mantecato

Whipped salted cod spread, serve on bread, polenta, crackers, crostini, vegetbles

Brovada

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Brovada

Pickled white turnip, fermented with grape skins, from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Brovada

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Brovada

Pickled white turnip, fermented with grape skins, from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Canederli

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Canederli

Large bread dumplings, made with stale bread, flour, milk, eggs, cheese, herbs, speck, served in broth, stews, with roasts

Cappuccio insalata

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Cappuccio insalata

Frico di patate

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Frico di patate

Montasio cheese and potato pie, other cheeses may also be used

Montasio

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Montasio

Semi-hard cheese made from cow's milk, from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Pinzimonio

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Pinzimonio

An assortment of fresh vegetables served with olive oil seasoned with salt and pepper, herbs

Pitina

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Pitina

Meatball-shaped cold cut made from a mixture of smoked meat from sheep, pork and goat or wild ungulate meat such as red deer, roe deer, fallow deer or chamois, from Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Polenta

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Polenta

Cornmeal porridge, cornmeal from flint corn is cooked in water or broth, may be firm or have a creamy consistency

Prosciutto di San Daniele

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Prosciutto di San Daniele

Cured leg of pigs reared in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Prosciutto di Sauris

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Prosciutto di Sauris

Raw smoked ham using the legs of Duroc, Landrace and Large White pigs, from Sauris, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Risi e bisi

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Risi e bisi

Rice and peas, a Veneto spring dish that is correctly served with a spoon, rather than a fork. It is a soup so thick that it resembles risotto, is made with green peas using the stock from the fresh young pods, and flavored with pancetta.

Riso alla greca

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Riso alla greca

Greek rice salad, rice with feta, olives, tomatoes, onions, garlic, several variations

Salamini Italiani alla Cacciatora

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Salamini Italiani alla Cacciatora

Small minced pork sausages from Duroc, Landrace and Italian Large White pigs reared in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Lombardy, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, Tuscany, Marche, Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, Italy

Tergeste

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Tergeste

Extra virgin olive oil from Belica, Bianchera, Frantoio, Carbona, Leccino, Leccio del Corno, Maurino and Pendolino olives grown in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Wiener schnitzel

Wiener schnitzel

Battered and fried veal cutlet

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