La Festa di San Giuseppe

frittelle di riso - La Festa di San Giuseppe

Today is Father's Day in Italy, well almost, it's the Festa di San Giuseppe - St. Joseph's Day.

Traditionally in this area the fathers get to eat frittelle di riso- fried rice fritters and maybe polenta made with chestnut flour, castagnaccio -a cake made from chestnuts or even if they are lucky, necci con ricotta - crêpes like pancakes made of chestnut flour cooked between two circular heated plates of metal - the testi or cotte (depending just where you live in the area)

 

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I Necci o "Nicci", sono dolci tipici della Garfagnana e si possono considerare gli antenati poveri delle crêpes. La base dell'impasto è composta da farina di castagne, acqua e sale; la difficoltà maggiore è data però dalla loro cottura, per la quale sono necessarie sia una notevole perizia che appositi strumenti, detti "testi", da mettere sul fuoco del camino, oppure con i "ferri", che sono dei cerchi di ferro con dei lunghi manici, che vanno messi sul piano della stufa a legna. .



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  1. al UNITED STATES Mar 20 2007 / 11am

    mi piacerebbe sapere le ricette per fare il castagnaccio e le frittelle di riso ti ringrazio ALBERTO(AL)ORI

  2. doggybag ITALY Mar 20 2007 / 2pm

    Alberto - nice idea .. you will find the ricette in the forum

  3. dannyboy UNITED STATES Mar 21 2007 / 12pm

    Thanks for the info. March 19 is also my birthday, and I’m telling my family I expect the full Italian Fathers Day” treatment next year.

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