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Eating in Calitri
Eating in Calitri
Calitrian cuisine is renowned in the area for being very tasty and rather spicy. Typical hand-made pasta dishes include cingul', the local dish par excellence. This is short, twirly pasta boiled and then served with a thick, tasty tomato sauce; other varieties of pasta with the same sauce include lahan' and aurecchi' r' preut'- (priest’s ears in the local dialect); another must are cannazze', served with delicious hot tomato sauce and pecorino cheese; and sciliend' (a special vermicelli-like pasta) with a condiment of garlic-fried oil and hot chili pepper.
Meat-based delicacies include m'gliatiegghij' a local favourite made up of tasty roulades of kid or lamb casings garnished with cheese, offal, garlic, parsley, salt, pepper and sliced sausage; sfritta, or chopped pork meat sautéed with hot peppers; also sammuchij', a local pudding made of pork blood seasoned with minced lard, little segments of orange peel, rice, raisins, cinnamon, pork casings, walnuts, salt and chili pepper powder.
A traditional fish-based delicacy is stockfish a la ualanegna, the favourite of plowmen in the past (ualan' means plowman), in which stockfish is boiled and flavoured with garlic, herbs and chili peppers.
Locanda dell'Arco di Zampaglione Ristorante Ristorante, Via dell'arco di Zampaglione n.5. Typical Calitrian cuisine, very central, closed on Sundays. �
Tre Rose Ristorante, Via Sotto Macelli 9, ☎ 0827 34123. An 'osteria' serving good local wines and food of typical Calitrian style, expect to pay 3 or 4 euro's for a meal! excellent cooks, very central, closed on Sundays. Gets very busy with the locals so get there early. �
Ristorante Gagliano, località Gagliano, ☎ 0827 30069. �
Manhattan Restaurant/Pizzeria, Via Pittoli, ☎ 333 429 4003. Typical local cuisine, excellent food, very lively, very central. �
Punto Pizzeria, Corso Garibaldi 1, ☎ 0827 34574. Pizza for all tastes, closed on Tuesdays. �
Speedy Pizzeria, Corso Matteotti, ☎ 0827 38024. Pizza for all tastes. �
Bar-Pasticceria Zabatta, Via de Sanctis 7, ☎ 0827 30325. amazing desserts and biscuits �
Bar-Gelateria Jolly, Corso Garibaldi, ☎ 0827 30012. A fantastic range of freshly made ice-cream. �
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