Eating in Turin

Hearty eater will be happy to tickle their palate in Turin, this city has a lot of typical dishes and products, from the first courses to the pastries. The typical pasta of Turin is the “agnolotti”, it’s a pasta made with small pieces of flattened pasta dough, folded over with a meat stuffing. The origin of this kind of pasta are very popular, people used to make them on Monday to utilize the leftovers of the Sunday meal. The best way to eat this pasta is with the brasato, a sauce made with meat. The preparation requires the meat to be marinated in the Barolo wine. An other typical dish is the bagna cauda, a sauce, its principal ingredient is the ail, it’s generally served in little pots and with raw or cooked vegetables. But the real masterpieces of Turin food are the cakes, and to be exact: chocolate. In Turin there are real experts of chocolate, probably helped by the fantastic nuts, produced in the area. Indeed the most know Turin chocolate is the Gianduiotto, chocolate prepared with nuts, but even the “nocciolini”, little biscuits made in an traditional way in the little town of Chivasso. Just few words on the wines: the Piedmont is very known for its wine production. Among the white wines: Gavi and Langhe, or if you prefer red wines: Dolcetto, Barbera, Barolo, Nebbiolo and Barbaresco.