San Marino Gastronomy

 

     The cultivation of the vine and olives in the Republic dates back thousands of years, as does bee-keeping. The country also specialises in raising livestock for milk and meat.
The love and attention for the products of our land have made local cuisine a simple art, yet one rich in traditions renewed over the years. Unmistakable flavours, a wholesome cuisine that combines traditions with quality to keep alive the huge rural heritage of our country and cater for even the most discerning gourmets.
     Among the starters we have: tagliatelle, strozzapreti, ravioli, cappelletti, passatelli. Then come the roast meats, dishes with all the fragrance of milk and cheese, good bread, piadina, extra-virgin olive oil, accompanied by red wines,       Brugneto and Tessano aged in large cherrywood barrels or in oak barriques, or still white wines, Biancale and Roncale. Among the desserts are bustrengo, caciatello, ciambella to be enjoyed with a glass of Moscato or prized Oro dei Goti dessert wine.      

   

 

   

                                                                                                       

San Marino Wines             The quality of the San Marino wine production has increased markedly in recent years thanks to the 'designation of origin label'. Of the excellent red wines special mention goes to the Tessano Riserva and Brugneto. The white wines include Roncale and for those who love raisin wines there is Oro dei Goti. Obviously these are only a few of the products produced by the San Marino Winegrowers Consortium.

San Marino Gastronomy             The local culinary traditions are steeped in the simple, robust flavours of the Romagna region of Italy. All pasta dishes are handmade according to ancient local recipes; the meat entrees, cheeses and cold cuts are the typical products of our land. And then there is the piadina ... that flat, stone-baked bread, the vestige of the ancient Roman 'mensae' fare.

San Marino Sweets             la Nuova Serenissima S.a. Via la Doccia, 7 - Fiorentino tel. 0549 878102

San Marino Cheeses & dairy products             The range of local cheese and dairy products found daily in the groceries and food shops throughout the territory is vast and of superb quality.

San Marino Sweets and liqueurs             Among the sweets produced in the Republic, the Titano and Tre Monti cakes are extremely characteristic. There is also a vast production of liquors, from anise, moscato grape distillate, Tilus (a particular truffle bitter) and, finally the Duca di Gualdo, an herb liqueur.