King trumpet mushroom. It may be eaten either fresh or dried, roasted or baked but the flavour is not highly regarded and the flesh is chewy.
Dumpling-like, finger-length fritter flavoured with either honey or cooked grape must and lemon, and containing almonds and candied fruit, served at Christmas and Carnival time in Abruzzo and Calabria. Similar to struffoli.
Blue sow thistle, a member of the Compositae family which grows up to a meter in height and has edible leaves and stems. The skin must be removed from shoots though they still remain bitter. Some people eat peeled older stems raw. The whole plant has a bitter taste.
Dumpling-like, thin fritter made into loops, coated with either honey or cooked grape must and lemon and containing almonds and candied fruit, served at Christmas and Carnival time in Abruzzo, Calabria and Umbria. Similar to struffoli.
A hearty Pugliese soup of pasta and chickpeas (US: garbanzo beans) flavoured with bay leaves and garlic.
Dumpling-like, thin fritter made into loops, flavoured with either honey or cooked grape must and lemon and containing almonds and candied fruit, served at Christmas and Carnival time in Abruzzo and Calabria. Similar to struffoli.
