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Lombardia
Risotto, butter cookery, panettone, lake fish and great blue cheeses.
The region’s table
Risotto, butter and the great cheeses.
In short
Lombardy spans Alpine valleys, lakes and the rich Po plain around Milan. It is butter-and-rice country, with a roster of famous cheeses and a confident, often refined city cuisine.
The landscape
Mountains and lakes in the north, a fertile irrigated plain in the south. Dairy farming and rice cultivation underpin much of the cooking.
The pantry
Rice and butter, Gorgonzola, Grana Padano and Taleggio, beef and veal, buckwheat in the Valtellina, and Cremona’s candied-fruit mostarda.
At the table
Saffron risotto alla milanese, ossobuco, breaded veal cutlet, the buckwheat pasta pizzoccheri, blue and washed-rind cheeses, and the Christmas cake panettone.
The calendar
Winter favours risotto, braises and cheeses; panettone defines Christmas, and the mountain valleys keep their own seasonal dishes.
A cultural orientation, not a dish-level claim. Specific origins, history and recipes live on each food’s page under its own evidence grades.
Lombardia
Agnello di razza brianzola
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Valtorta
Agrì di Valtorta
Traditional traditional specialty associated with Valtorta, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Alborelle essiccate in salamoia
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Amarene d'Uschione
Traditional produce or preserve linked by name to Uschione in Lombardia, but the exact current comune still needs verification.
Lombardia · Gallarate
Amaretti di Gallarate
Traditional sweet pastry associated with Gallarate, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Anello di Monaco
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty linked by name to Monaco in Lombardia, but the exact current comune still needs verification.
Lombardia · Cilavegna
Asparago (di Cilavegna, di Mezzago)
Traditional produce or preserve associated with Cilavegna, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Baci del signore
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Cremona
Baci di Cremona
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty associated with Cremona, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Bagòss
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Bastardei
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Bernardo
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Bisciola
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Biscotin de Prost
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Borzat
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Branzi
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Brasadella (dolce)
Traditional sweet pastry recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Braschin
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Bresaola affumicata
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Bresaola di cavallo
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Brutti e buoni
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Bunbunenn
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Burro
Traditional sauce / condiment recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Burro di montagna
Traditional sauce / condiment recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Buscel di fich
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Soresina
Bussolano (di Soresina)
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty associated with Soresina, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Cacciatori d'oca
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Cadolet di capra
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Capretto da latte pesante
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Caprino a coagulazione lattica
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Caprino a coagulazione presamica
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Caprino vaccino
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Capunsei
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Carcent
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Carne secca
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Corteno Golgi
Casatta di Corteno Golgi
Traditional traditional specialty associated with Corteno Golgi, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Casolet
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Casoncelli della Bergamasca
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia; the name carries a stylistic, saintly or ritual cue rather than a fully verified comune match.
Lombardia
Casoretta
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Castagnaccio, patùna
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Castagne secche
Traditional produce or preserve recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Caviadini
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Ciccioli
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Ciccioli d'oca
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Ciccioli mantovani
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Sermide e Felonica
Cipolla di Sermide, rossa
Traditional produce or preserve associated with Sermide e Felonica, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Conserva senapata
Traditional produce or preserve recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Coregone
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Cotechino (bianco, cremonese vaniglia, della bergamasca, mantovano alla vaniglia, pavese)
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Cotognata
Traditional produce or preserve recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Crescenza
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Croccante
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Cupeta
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Cuz
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Durelli d'oca
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Gambolò
Fagiolo borlotto di Gambolò (faso)
Traditional produce or preserve associated with Gambolò, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Farina di grano saraceno
Traditional produce or preserve recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Farina per polenta della bergamasca
Traditional polenta recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Fatulì
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Fegato d'oca grasso
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Fiorone della Valsassina
Traditional traditional specialty linked by name to the territory of Valsassina in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Fiurì o Fiurit
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Gordona
Focaccia di Gordona, fugaschia di Gordona
Traditional bread / flatbread associated with Gordona, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Fontal
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Formaggella (della Val Brembana, della Val di Scalve, della Val Sabbia, della Val Seriana, della Val Trompia, della Val Camonica, di Menconico, di Tremosine)
Traditional cheese / dairy linked by name to Scalve in Lombardia, but the exact current comune still needs verification.
Lombardia
Formaggella del Luinese
Traditional cheese / dairy recorded in Lombardia; the name carries a stylistic, saintly or ritual cue rather than a fully verified comune match.
Lombardia
Formaggio d'Alpe grasso
Traditional cheese / dairy linked by name to Alpe in Lombardia, but the exact current comune still needs verification.
Lombardia
Formaggio d'Alpe misto
Traditional cheese / dairy linked by name to Alpe in Lombardia, but the exact current comune still needs verification.
Lombardia
Formaggio d'Alpe semigrasso
Traditional cheese / dairy linked by name to Alpe in Lombardia, but the exact current comune still needs verification.
Lombardia
Formaggio Val Seriana
Traditional cheese / dairy recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Formai de Livign
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Frittella
Traditional sweet pastry recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Garda Tremosine
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Gnocchi di zucca
Traditional pasta / dumpling recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Graffioni
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Granone Lodigiano
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Grasso d'oca
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Greppole
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Grissini dolci
Traditional sweet pastry recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Italico
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Latteria
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Luganega
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Luganega di cavallo
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Lughenia di passola
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Magnoca
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Magro
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Magro di latteria
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Magro di piatta
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Marroni di Santa Croce
Traditional produce or preserve recorded in Lombardia; the name carries a stylistic, saintly or ritual cue rather than a fully verified comune match.
Lombardia
Marubini
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Mascarpin de la calza
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Mascarpone artigianale
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Masigott
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Matusc
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Meascia dolce o salata
Traditional sweet pastry recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Mele di Valtellina
Traditional produce or preserve linked by name to the territory of Valtellina in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Casteldidone
Melone (di Casteldidone, di Viadana)
Traditional produce or preserve associated with Casteldidone, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Miccone
Traditional bread / flatbread recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Miele
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Missoltini
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Mortadella di fegato
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Mortadella di fegato al vin brulè
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Cremona
Mostarda di Cremona
Traditional sauce / condiment associated with Cremona, Lombardia.
Lombardia · Mantova
Mostarda di Mantova
Traditional sauce / condiment associated with Mantova, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Motelì
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Nisso
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Nocciolini
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Nostrano grasso
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Nostrano semigrasso
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pan da cool
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pan di segale
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pan méino
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pancetta (con filetto, con pisteum, alla bergamasca, pavese)
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia; the name carries a stylistic, saintly or ritual cue rather than a fully verified comune match.
Lombardia
Pane comune
Traditional bread / flatbread recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pane di pasta dura
Traditional pasta / dumpling recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pane di riso
Traditional bread / flatbread recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · San Siro
Pane di San Siro
Traditional bread / flatbread associated with San Siro, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pane giallo
Traditional bread / flatbread recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pane mistura
Traditional bread / flatbread recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Milano
Panettone di Milano
Traditional bread / flatbread associated with Milano, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pannerone
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Panun
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Campodolcino
Patata di Campodolcino
Traditional produce or preserve associated with Campodolcino, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Paté di fegato d'oca
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pazientini
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pesce d'aprile
Traditional fish / seafood specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pesche allo sciroppo del Lago di Monate, i perzic de Munà
Traditional produce or preserve linked by name to Monate in Lombardia, but the exact current comune still needs verification.
Lombardia
Petto d'oca stagionato
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pigo
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pisto
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Pizzoccheri della Valtellina
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty linked by name to the territory of Valtellina in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Polenta e uccelli dolce
Traditional polenta recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Prosciuttini (della Valtellina, della Valtellina al pepe)
Traditional sausage / salume linked by name to the territory of Valtellina in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Prosciuttino d'oca stagionato
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Prosciutto cotto
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Oggiono
Prosciutto crudo Marco d'Oggiono
Traditional sausage / salume associated with Oggiono, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Prosciutto mantovano
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Quartini d'oca sotto grasso
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Soncino
Radici di Soncino
Traditional produce or preserve associated with Soncino, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Resta
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Ricciolino
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Ricotta artigianale
Traditional cheese / dairy recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Riso
Traditional produce or preserve recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Robiola bresciana
Traditional cheese / dairy recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Robiola della Valsassina
Traditional cheese / dairy linked by name to the territory of Valsassina in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Salam casalin (salam casalin dei contadini mantovani)
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Salame (cremonese, della bergamasca, di filzetta, di montisola, mantovano, Milano)
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia; the name carries a stylistic, saintly or ritual cue rather than a fully verified comune match.
Lombardia
Salame con lingua
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Salame da cuocere
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Salame di testa
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Salame pancettato
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Salame sotto grasso
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Mantova
Salamelle di Mantova
Traditional sausage / salume associated with Mantova, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Salamina mista
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Salamini di capra
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Salamini di cavallo
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Salamini di cervo
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Salamini magri o maritati
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Salsiccia di castrato ovino
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Salva
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Sanguinaccio o marzapane
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Sbrisolona
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Scarpinocc
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Schiacciatina
Traditional bread / flatbread recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Scimudin
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Semuda
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Silter
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Slinzega di bovino
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Slinzega di cavallo
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Soppressata bresciana
Traditional sausage / salume recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Crema
Spongarda di Crema
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty associated with Crema, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Sta'el
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Stracchino (Bronzone, della Valsassina, orobico, tipico)
Traditional cheese / dairy linked by name to the territory of Valsassina in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Strachet
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Strachitunt
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Sugolo
Traditional sauce / condiment recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Tartufo (nero)
Traditional produce or preserve recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Tirot
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Tombea
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Cremona
Torrone di Cremona
Traditional sweet pastry associated with Cremona, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Torta bertolina
Traditional sweet pastry recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Torta del Donizetti
Traditional sweet pastry linked by name to Donizetti in Lombardia, but the exact current comune still needs verification.
Lombardia
Torta del paradiso
Traditional sweet pastry recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Torta di fioretto
Traditional sweet pastry recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Torta di grano saraceno
Traditional sweet pastry recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Torta di latte
Traditional sweet pastry recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Torta di mandorle
Traditional sweet pastry recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Torta di San Biagio
Traditional sweet pastry recorded in Lombardia; the name carries a stylistic, saintly or ritual cue rather than a fully verified comune match.
Lombardia
Torta di tagliatelle
Traditional pasta / dumpling recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Torta mantovana
Traditional sweet pastry recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Torta orobica
Traditional sweet pastry recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Tortelli cremaschi
Traditional pasta / dumpling recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Tortelli di zucca
Traditional pasta / dumpling recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Castel Goffredo
Tortello Amaro di Castel Goffredo
Traditional pasta / dumpling associated with Castel Goffredo, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Tortionata
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia · Crema
Treccia d’oro di Crema
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty associated with Crema, Lombardia.
Lombardia
Turtèl sguasaròt
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Ufela
Traditional bakery, pasta or sweet specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Verzini
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Violino
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Violino di capra
Traditional meat specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Zincarlin
Traditional traditional specialty recorded in Lombardia.
Lombardia
Zucca
Traditional produce or preserve recorded in Lombardia.