Andiamo! | Citalia Magazine Autumn 2021
This season, we celebrate everything that the streets have to offer, not least because it’s Italy’s cities that can provide you with a perfect winter holiday. In our article, Secrets of Italy’s Streets, we’ll take you to the coolest urban neighbourhoods, and share with you some underground networks that are steeped in history. Italy’s cities bring with them an epic industrial past, which you can explore through automobile innovation with our feature, In the Hot Seat: Italian Cars. Make your next Citalia holiday extra special with our pick of Iconic Luxury Hotels. You can also receive some additional tips from our Personal Travel Planner Raggy Singh in Tailormaking Italy, and from one of our favourite guests, renowned archaeologist Dr Holley Martlew in Digging Up Italy. We continue our Book with Confidence guarantee so that you can book your holiday with a refund guarantee while still able to make any changes to your future bookings with ease. Andiamo!
This season, we celebrate everything that the streets have to offer, not least because it’s Italy’s cities
that can provide you with a perfect winter holiday.
In our article, Secrets of Italy’s Streets, we’ll take you to the coolest urban neighbourhoods, and share
with you some underground networks that are steeped in history.
Italy’s cities bring with them an epic industrial past, which you can explore through automobile innovation with our feature, In the Hot Seat: Italian Cars.
Make your next Citalia holiday extra special with our pick of Iconic Luxury Hotels. You can also receive
some additional tips from our Personal Travel Planner Raggy Singh in Tailormaking Italy, and from one of our favourite guests, renowned archaeologist Dr Holley Martlew in Digging Up Italy.
We continue our Book with Confidence guarantee so that you can book your holiday with a refund guarantee while still able to make any changes to your future bookings with ease.
Andiamo!
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PORCHETTA NATALIZIA, LAZIO<br />
Porchetta Natalizia is a dish generally eaten<br />
during the festive Christmas period, most<br />
popularly in the Lazio region of Italy. Pork is<br />
stuffed with pork mince, chicken livers and<br />
mortadella, a large Italian pork sausage, before<br />
being rolled and cooked in the oven.<br />
This dish and most pork dishes call for<br />
a wine that can cut through the richness of<br />
the ingredients.<br />
Stefano Nirta, <strong>Citalia</strong>'s Regional Destination<br />
Manager, recommends the 2009 Monteriolo<br />
Coppo chardonnay from the Piedmont region.<br />
This oak barrel fermented chardonnay wine is<br />
fresh and complex, making it an ideal wine to<br />
pair with Gennaro's Porchetta.<br />
Gennaro's Porchetta Natalizia recipe:<br />
citalia.com/gennaro/porchetta<br />
A 3 night holiday in Rome, staying at Starhotels Metropole, starts from £449 per person.<br />
PESCE DI LAGO IN CARPIONE, LOMBARDY<br />
Lakes Garda, Lake Como and Lake Maggiore<br />
are the jewels in Italy’s crown. Located<br />
in northern Italy, the lakes are home to a<br />
large variety of fish including pike, trench,<br />
eel, carp, and trout. A local tradition sees<br />
fish preserved in carpione, which means<br />
being cooked then marinated.<br />
“Pesce del lago in carpione is usually<br />
served cold and can be enjoyed<br />
as either an antipasto (starter)<br />
or as a main course.”<br />
Luciano Esposito, the sommelier at the Grand<br />
Hotel Excelsior Vittoria’s Michelin-starred<br />
restaurant, Terrazza Bosquet, recommends<br />
pairing this and other fish-based dishes with<br />
Sireo Bianco Abbazia di Crapolla.<br />
This wine is pale yellow in colour with notes of<br />
lemongrass, citrus peel, and white apple. Fresh<br />
on the palate with mineral tones and good<br />
drinkability, it is a lovely wine to pair with fish<br />
that has been fried.<br />
Gennaro's Pesce del Lago recipe:<br />
citalia.com/gennaro/marinatedfreshwaterfish<br />
A 7 night holiday in Sorrento, staying at Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria, starts from £2,599 per person.<br />
ORECCHIETTE CON CIME DI RAPA, PUGLIA<br />
Cime di rapa (turnip tops) are very popular<br />
during the winter months in southern Italy.<br />
Similar in taste and appearance to broccoli,<br />
this vegetable is often served sauteed in olive<br />
oil, garlic and chilli.<br />
Produced by the Riviera Winery, the Pungirosa<br />
D.O.C.G. is delicate, fresh and juicy, with hints<br />
of wild strawberries and cherry, which are all<br />
balanced with a delicate acidity.<br />
Orecchiette con cime di rapa is a delicious<br />
dish associated with the region of Puglia. This<br />
pleasantly bitter green vegetable is combined<br />
with handmade, ear-shaped pasta known as<br />
orecchiette.<br />
Masseria Montenapoleone’s owner, Giuliano<br />
Monteneve, recommends pairing a Puglian<br />
rosé wine with this traditional dish.<br />
“If you can't find cime di rapa you can<br />
use either purple sprouting or long<br />
stem broccoli instead.”<br />
Gennaro's Orecchiette con Cime di Rapa recipe:<br />
citalia.com/gennaro/orecchiette-pasta<br />
A 7 night holiday in Puglia, staying at Masseria Montenapoleone, starts from £839 per person.<br />
Tickle your tastebuds with one of our guided street food tours on your next <strong>Citalia</strong> holiday.<br />
Speak to one of our Personal Travel Planners on 01293 765061<br />
Summer/<strong>Autumn</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
<strong>Andiamo</strong>!
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