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🧺 Typical Products from Viterbo

  • Writer: Giano di Vico
    Giano di Vico
  • May 21
  • 1 min read

🧀 Cheeses

  • Pecorino Viterbese: a hard cheese with a bold flavor, often aged in caves.

  • Caciotta della Tuscia: a soft cheese, sometimes flavored with local herbs.

🥩 Cured Meats

  • Susianella: a traditional sausage made from seasoned and smoked pork offal.

  • Guanciale della Tuscia: aged pork cheek, an essential ingredient in many local dishes.

🥖 Bread and Sweets

  • Pizza di Pasqua: an Easter cake made with cheese, typical of Viterbo’s tradition.

  • Tozzetti: crunchy hazelnut cookies, often served with sweet dessert wine.

🌰 Nuts and Legumes

  • Hazelnuts from the Cimini Mountains: high-quality hazelnuts used in pastries and creams.

  • Purgatory Bean: a traditional legume from Gradoli, perfect for soups and stews.

🍷 Wines

  • Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone: a DOC white wine with a fresh, fruity taste.

  • Aleatico di Gradoli: a sweet dessert wine made from Aleatico grapes.

These products represent the gastronomic richness of Viterbo and Tuscia, the result of centuries-old traditions and a generous land.

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