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The Doc (DenominatedThe Doc (Denominated origin origin curiosities,curiosities, in-depth treatments, in-depth treatments,controlled)controlled) and Docg and Docg useful informationuseful information (Denominated(Denominated origin controlled origin controlled and guaranteed)and guaranteed) labels refer labels to refer to coloured insetscoloured insets wines, Dopwines, (Denominated Dop (Denominated origin origin the text of presentationthe text of presentation is is protected)protected) to local gastronomic to local gastronomic accompaniedaccompanied by a series by of a series of specialitiesspecialities coloured insets:coloured recomendations insets: recomendations of things toof do things if you to are do stayingif you are staying just 1 or 3 justdays 1 andor 3 hints days onand what hints on what to buy, whereto buy, to go where with tochildren go with children and what’s onand (“shopping”, what’s on (“shopping”, “outings “outings on the coveron the cover with children”with and children” “events”) and “events”) Pizza Pizza Sapori e aromi_INGL_2010:Guida_enogastronomica 05/09/11 13:48 Pagina 1 regione campania theme guides specialities Sapori e aromi_INGL_2010:Guida_enogastronomica 05/09/11 13:48 Pagina 2 Sapori e aromi_INGL_2010:Guida_enogastronomica 05/09/11 13:48 Pagina 3 contents 6 People and aristocracy: the tradition 36 Eating on the ‘divine’ Amalfi Coast of Naples 39 ‘Colatura’ – salted anchovy sauce 8 Cuisine from land and sea 39 A sfogliatella fresh from the convent 9 The ritual of ragù meat sauce 10 Babà, sfogliatelle and desserts for special 40 Land and sea: Cilento cuisine occasions 42 A compulsory detour: Salerno and the Agro 11 The king of cakes Nocerino-Sarnese 11 Coffee for connoisseurs 43 On the Sele plain, amidst buffalo and Doric temples 12 A food-and-wine tour 43 The Controne bean in the Phlegraean Fields 44 Vallo di Diano, home to traditional peasant food 15 The ‘queen’ of apples 44 The Cilento coast - all the flavours of the sea 45 Menaica anchovies 16 Procida and Ischia: tastes from the islands 46 Caserta and Matese, gastronomic 18 Procida, isle of lemons trails in the Campania Felix 19 Where to try wine ice-cream 48 In search of real buffalo mozzarella 20 In search of Ischitan cuisine 49 Buffalo Mozzarella DOP 50 The Matese district, home to high-quality wines 22 Below Vesuvius: cherry tomatoes and pecorino cheese on the vine and other delicacies 24 Amidst “monache” apricots 52 Sannio - ancient traditions and archaeological sites that are unique and strong flavours in the world 54 A backdrop of mediaeval villages and genuine 25 Eating with the ancient Pompeiians foods 55 The indigenous vine, symbol of the Campanian 28 Sorrento Peninsula and Capri: art of wine-making gourmet dishes in the land of 57 Pietraroja ham lemons 30 Thornless artichokes, traditional pasta factories 58 Highly-prized meats, truffles and fresh dairy products and wines: Irpinia à la carte 32 Pizza? You can buy it by the metre here 60 Authentic flavours of an unassuming land 32 A landscape dotted with citrus and olive trees 33 A gourmet cuisine 33 The creel shrimp 34 Capri: sins of gluttony on the ‘Blue Island’ Sapori e aromi_INGL_2010:Guida_enogastronomica 05/09/11 13:48 Pagina 4 Sapori e aromi_INGL_2010:Guida_enogastronomica 05/09/11 13:48 Pagina 5 5 Land and sea. From the teeming coastal waters This is without even mentioning the production and the fertile plains come Sorrento lemons of extra-virgin olive oil and wine, which has and Vesuvian apricots, Paestum artichokes and had a strong tradition here since Greek and lobsters from the Gulf of Salerno. A continent Roman times: from Lacryma Christi to waiting to be discovered, where quality and Solopaca and the three DOCG (Controlled and territory are closely linked and Nature and Guaranteed Denomination of Origin) – Taurasi, History dine at the same table. Fiano di Avellino and Greco di Tufo, the jewels in the crown of a wine-making tradition rich in Spaghetti, pizza and buffalo mozzarella have local vines that in recent years has come on in made Neapolitan cuisine famous worldwide, leaps and bounds. but there are many other surprises in store for anyone wishing to stray off the beaten track. In Unmistakable aromas, such as freshly baked addition to linguine served with seafood or the bread, which has special importance in the legendary ragù meat sauce, traditional popular culture of local communities and whose shape dishes co-exist with the aristocratic cuisine of and texture varies from place to place. Flavours the past like rice sartù and pasta timballi, and colours of raw materials that for thousands created by the “monzù” French chefs who came of years have been equated with the Campanian to Naples in the 18th century. sunshine. Wine Trails have been established throughout the region: these lead to wineries The rest of Campania has all this and more: the open to the public, vineyards, traditional sea-based cuisine of the coast, the islands and restaurants and handicraft