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Umbria

Umbria is a central Italian region that has no coastline or border with another country. It has dense forests and mountains and is known for its wines, legumes, sausages, salumi and truffles. Popular pasta recipes include pasta alla Norcina and lentil pasta soup.

  • Easy Italian red onion pasta recipe (alla cipollara)
  • Gluten free spaghetti with pancetta tomato sauce.
  • Easy Italian beef cannelloni with béchamel.
    Easy Italian beef cannelloni recipe
  • Creamy potato gnocchi with saffron sauce.
    Potato gnocchi with creamy saffron sauce recipe.
  • Pasta alla norcina in a bowl.
    How to Make Creamy Sausage Pasta alla Norcina.
  • Bread gnocchi with sausage (gnocchetti collescipolani) recipe from Umbria
    Bread Gnocchi with Sausage
  • Chocolate and walnut sweet pasta recipe (maccheroni dolce)
    Chocolate and Walnut Sweet Pasta Recipe
  • Umbrian small lentil soup with pasta
    Umbrian Lentil Soup with Pasta
  • umbrian wild field pea soup with casarecce pasta
    Umbrian Wild Pea Soup with Casarecce Pasta.
  • norcineria in norcia
    Umbria, the green heart of Italy

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