We spent a week on holiday in Italy, largely based in Emilia-Romagna, and tagged on a couple of days in Milan. It’s impossible to go through all of the delicious meals we ate but some highlights were:
- Sweet, pumpkin-filled cappellacci di zucca at Cusina e Butega in Ferrara
- Amazingly complex flavours during a DOP balsamic vinegar tasting at the family-run Acetaia di Giorgio in Modena
- Savoury tortellini in brodo at the Osteria del Cappello in Bologna
- Salted pistachio gelato at the Cremeria Santo Stefano in Bologna
- Eating huge plates of cured meat outside the Salumeria Simoni in the old market in Bologna
- Drinking Lambrusco at the Osteria del Sole in Bologna
- Massive, rustic and delicious risotto alla milanese con ossobuco at Ratanà in Milan
We sadly ran out of time to visit everything we wanted to; we’ll just have to go back again (once we lose our post-holiday weight…)