On Easter Monday my freinds and left out beloved Monferrato region to go for a tour of Le Langhe. Le Langhe is a wonderful wine area located south-east of Turin whiich produces white truffles, Barolo - one of the great Italian red wines - and the Tonda Gentile hazelnut, which makes succulent cakes. It's a region of rolling hills covered with vineyards and topped with villages and medieval castles of red brick.
Below is Barolo, a small village that has given its name to one of the greatest Italian red wines, garnet-red in colour and with spicy, floral aromas of violet and ripe fruit which, on ageing, turn into a rich, complex bouquet of smoke, tobacco and leather.
Here are some samples of the great wines of this area:
In this excellent restaurant of La Morra called "Per Bacco" I had one of my favourite Langhe dishes, "carne all'albese" (albese-style veal), ie. very thin slices of veal seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice, salt, black pepper and flakes of Reggiano cheese and Porcini mushrooms. All this, over a bed of fresh rocket salad (see below).
Simply delicious!
18 comments:
Wow. Stunning! Thanks for the tour of your hills!
ty so much for sharing with us. just beautiful!
& ty again for the lovely post card you sent me. {{}}
huggies...
The region is absolutely gorgeous! I am really glad that you were able to visit Italy again. I'm not much of a meat eater, but that veal dish looks and sounds scrumptious too!
Oh Antonella what a beautiful region you come from (although all of Italy is so lovely!). The veal sounds delectable, the wines look magnificent and the succulent hazelnut cakes sound just delicious! Thank you for sharing with us.
xxoo
I love Italy and the photographs remind me why.
Beautiful!
Tag for you at my place.
Thanks for the tour of your hills and now i feel quite hungry and in need of a good glass of wine.
Take care
Yasmin
xx
I'm not particularly fond of wine but ... your "carne all'albese" looks just inviting!
Thanks for sharing.
MG
I think I'm the only one from Piemonte that hates "carne all'albese" ;) I can't stand it. Yuck!
La Morra and Barolo are amazing places :) esp. during Spring and Autumn.
Thanks for sharing those lovely photos, I miss my beloved Piemonte so very much, as you know.
Have a happy day! Ciao!
P.S. = maybe I should also say I do not like mushrooms, truffles, and "lumache"? ;) But give me a bit of "bagna caoda" and plenty of raw veggies and you'll see me in Heaven! LOL! ;)
Che bei posti, Antonella. Io e mio marito vorremmo molto visitare un po' di Piemonte...ma sono anni che lo diciamo e poi, nulla di fatto. Intanto mi gusto le tue foto. Baci
Thank you for sharing those lovely images of your home area, Antonella.
@ModernMom: Glad you like them as well.
@Sugar: I wish you can come and visit them with me! I’m sure you’d have lots of fun! I’ll send you more cards when I go back there in the summer.
@Hilda: I’m not much of a meat eater either, this is one of the very few exceptions and once a year!
@Mervat: I’m sure there more beautiful places but for me that is HOME and we’ll always be the best.
@Jane: Next time you got to Italy, Jane, ditch Tuscany and go to Piedmont. It’s cheaper too!
@A ModernMother: Thanks, I will follow the tag as soon as I’ve got a bit of time.
@Yasmin: Just jump on a plane (London Stansted-Turin is very cheap on Ryanair) and you’ll be there drinking proper wine in a jiff!
@Maria Grazia: I’m fond of red wine, but I can hardly drink any because of my migraines and red meat is not much better for me either…But once in a while I’m daring!
@Kia: How can you be a real Piemontese and not like carne all’albese and funghi??? Shame on you, Kia! Only joking…To tell the truth I do not like truffles and lumache (snails) either. I love “bagna caoda” too. For the English speaking “bagna caoda” (or cauda, literally “hot sauce”) is a warm dip typical of our region which is served and consumed in a manner similar to fondue. It is made with garlic, anchovies, olive oil, butter and in some parts of the region also cream. The dish is eaten by dipping raw, boiled or roasted vegetables, especially cardoon, celery, cauliflower, artichokes, peppers and beetroot. It is traditionally eaten during the autumn and winter months and must be served hot, as the name suggests.
@Valeria: Oh yes, you have to go, June and September are the best months to visit. And now there are a lot of “agriturismo” where to stay. In some places you can even collect your own fruit and vegetables to eat, including snails!!!
@ADB: Hi Guido, Thanks to you for visiting. Ciao.
Gorgeous landscape. Thanks for sharing the photos with us. Too bad we can't try the wine.
[sigh] You've given me wanderlust! Absolutely beautiful. And a lovely bottle of red would go nicely with such travels. :)
Hello Antonella, what a pretty area of Italy, I love Barolo wine, it's a great wine. Your meal looks so yummy. I hope it wasn't too hard to go back to England, it's such a different place. Have a great week, hugs
Buongiorno Antonella, eccomi di nuovo qui. Con Zeno questa volta! :) Volevo fargli vedere le tue belle foto. Anche lui (per fortuna!) ama le "nostre" colline, un giorno ci piacerebbe trasferirci nella zona di CN.
Ho letto il tuo commento, dimentico sempre che scrivi un msg anche qui, acc! :( LOL, mi sembra di sentir parlare mia mamma (piemontese) e mio papà (ligure) e in linea di principio sono d'accordo, ma i funghi non mi vanno proprio giù! Così come carne e pesce crudi, bleah! :( ...beh, il resto via e-mail! ;) Devo scappare. Buona giornata e buon lavoro!
Your hill are such a beautiful area. Our Napa Valley is similar. We drive through the area on our way to the Mt. House and it is lovely to watch the grape vines as the leaves pop out.
Darla
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