Semi fino rice. Medium length round grain rice used for hors d’oeuvres and boiled as a side dish. Varieties include nano and padano.
Semi fino rice. Medium length, starchy, round grain rice used for vegetable based risotti, hors d’oeuvres and boiled as a side dish and grown in the north of Italy. Varieties include Nano and padano.
Vicenza is a province and town of the Veneto, a region of north eastern Italy centred around Venice.
A small, grey variety of snail - the Roman or vineyard snail. In Rome they are traditionally stewed in olive oil with garlic, onions and chillis on the Feast of San Giovanni on 24th June. Helix pomatia measure between 28 and 36 mm (around 1"-1½") while Helix aspersa are between 25-30 mm.
