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    Traditional dishes

    of Milano

     
     

    Una cosa è sicuramente vera: chi ama il buon cibo e la varietà non può non amare Milano.

    Some aspects of the city’s traditional cuisine, identified with certain flavours and colours even, have not only resisted the assaults of fashion and the trends of the moment, but have come through even stronger to the present.

     
     
     
    cucina tipica milano
Costoletta alla Milanese
Costoletta alla Milanese
Also known as cotoletta (cutlet), from the French côtelette, this is one of Milano’s oldest traditional dishes. It is mentioned in a document from the year 1148, preserved in the Sant’Ambrogio Basilica.
Risotto alla Milanese
Risotto alla Milanese
The secret of this traditional Milanese dish resides in the simplicity of its ingredients that come together to create a refined and velvety flavour. Saffron is the ingredient that gives this delicacy its precious hue.
Panettone
Panettone
Thirty centimetres high and typically dome-shaped, the quintessential Milanese cake has been a Christmas table must since the 15th century thanks to its softness and spectacular look. In the past, it was a Milanese well-kept secret, while it can now be found all over the world.
Ossobuco
Ossobuco
Ossobuco (marrowbone) is a typical Milanese delicacy, and is often served on a bed of golden Risotto alla Milanese. Its name comes from ossbus, which means a bone with a hole in the local dialect and refers to the specific cut of veal: a slice of shin in which the bone is surrounded by tender meat.
Cassöeula
Cassöeula
Cassöeula is an elaborate pork and cabbage high-calorie dish that is a staple of traditional Milanese cuisine. Its strong, decisive flavour makes it a real winter warmer of a dish.
Michetta
Michetta
Empty or stuffed, sweet or salty, the michetta has the unmistakable taste of genuineness and tradition. It is a typical, half-empty puffy roll with a rose-like shape.
Minestrone alla milanese
Minestrone alla milanese
An original recipe for Minestrone alla milanese does not really exist. In the past, when vegetables were rigorously seasonal, ingredients varied depending on the time of the year. Hot winter minestrone is therefore cooked with different ingredients from those used for cold or lukewarm minestrone in summer.
Mondeghili
Mondeghili
Mondeghili, known as polpette or meatballs outside of Milano, were described as “a kind of polpette made with ground beef, bread, eggs and similar ingredients” by Francesco Cherbini in his Milanese-Italian Dictionary (1839).
Barbajada
Barbajada
A drink with an intriguing, mysterious name, the barbajada is quite simply named after its inventor, Neapolitan Domenico Barbaja. The drink was invented in the Café Cambiasi, once located next to the La Scala Theatre (it was also called Caffè del Teatro or Theatre Café), which was the meeting place for singers, musicians and theatre-goers. The inventor, Barbaja, was a waiter in the café.
Rostin nega’a
Rostin nega’a
Arrostino annegato (literally “drowned roast”) is the Italian translation of the name of this dish. It refers to a veal cutlet that includes both fillet and sirloin still attached to the bone.
 
 
 

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