Italian region
Abruzzo
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Abruzzo is a mountainous central region known for lamb skewers, guitar-cut pasta and saffron from the Navelli plain.
Shepherding shaped the food here: lamb and mutton, sheep's-milk cheeses and hearty legume soups dominate inland, while the Adriatic coast adds fish broths.
Pasta alla chitarra is cut on a wire-strung frame and traditionally served with a lamb or tomato ragù. Arrosticini — small skewers of mutton grilled over a long brazier — are the region's best-known street food.
- Capital
- L'Aquila
- Signature dishes
- Arrosticini, spaghetti alla chitarra, brodetto alla vastese
- Cheeses & cured meats
- Pecorino di Farindola, ventricina
- Wines
- Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Trebbiano d'Abruzzo
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