Abruzzo recipes

The only food guide you need to visit Abruzzo, one of Italy's lesser-visited regions. We tell you which foods to try and explain how the regional cooking is different from the rest of Italy.

Fiadoni from Abruzzo are delicious spongy cheese puffs. The recipe arrived to Abruzzo from the aristocratic kitchens of Ferrara in the 1500s.

Abruzzo is located on the Adriatic coast in Central Italy. The cuisine is quite unique and many believe it to be the purest form of Italian food.

Add an Abruzzese touch to your dessert spread with these crescent-shaped pockets filled with honey and nuts.

Sagne pasta is a typical pasta shape from the Abruzzo region, combined with beans and a tomato based sauce is one of the deliciousness of the Abruzzese cuisine.

Arrosticini are traditional grilled mutton skewers from Abruzzo. This dish is the perfect choice for your barbecue party, enjoy our arrosticini recipe.

One of traditional Christmas dishes in Abruzzo is a thistle soup (zuppa di cardo), which is cooked for lunch on Christmas Day. Find the recipe here.

Pasta e Ceci or chickpeas pasta is a traditional dish widely used all over Italy. Discover Nonna’s Amina recipe to make the perfect pasta e ceci at home.

Introduction and curiosities: In Abruzzo it isn't Christmas without Caggionetti. There are many versions according to the area and your tastes. In this version caggionetti are filled with chickpeas, bitter cacao, sugar, honey, mosto cotto (cooked wine), walnuts, almonds, peel of orange and ground cinnamon

Angela Rapino, from Instagram’s @lavaligiastellestrisce, makes recipes from Italy’s Abruzzo region to keep her family Christmas traditions alive.