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Calabria includes Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentia, and Catanzaro. Food in Calabria tends to be spicy hot, with large amounts of fresh fish, pasta and vegetables. The Caciocavallo is a cheese that may originally have been made from mare's milk; it looks like a tear-drop and tastes a little like aged provolone, with a hard edible rind. On your gourmet tour to Calabria, your tour guide will introduce you to the following culinary specialties and recipes, and to the following wines and liqueurs:

Aubergines are pickled, fried, stuffed and used as additions for scrumptious sauces for pasta

Maccheroni and lasagna are stuffed with cured meats, sausage, hard-boiled eggs and cheese

Soffritti and morsello is a distinctive dish, made of tripe and innards boiled and cooked with tomatoes and spices

Capocollo is cured pork from the neck tenderloin or upper shoulder, seasoned with salt and spices and set to age

Caciocavallo silano cheese is made of cow's milk and is formed into oval shape and strung in pairs to age

Bergamot is a very fragrant citrus fruit whose essence is used in teas, candies, liqueurs

Cirò - (DOC) red, white and rose

Greco - (DOC) white

Savuto - (DOC) red

Lamezia - (DOC) red, white and rose

The Rosamarina is a fish marinated in oil with red pepper, eaten with bread; it is very popular in the region of Cosenza. The most famous entree (secondo) is saltimbocca alla Romana - veal escalopes cooked in wine with herbs. Vegetables and salads are eaten separately. Typical Calabrian products are also ricotta cheese, pecorino (ewe) cheese, salami. Wines are Bivongi Riserva, Greco di Bianco, Cirò, Lamezia, Melissa bianco, Savuto. Macaroni with cauliflower and anchovies, Spaghetti with Black Cuttlefish ink, Penne all'Arrabbiata are some other common foods in Calabria. If you wish a private Italy tour customised to include Calabria gourmet foods and wines, please enquire; at A La Carte Italy Tours we will be delighted to design a special itinerary for your privately guided tour.