A FOOD TRADITION
Sammarinese Cuisine
A compact Apennine cooking tradition shaped by Romagnan and northern Marche influences, featuring filled pastas, rustic breads, hearty soups, meats, and distinctive local sweets.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Bustrengo
A dense baked San Marinese fruit cake made with bread crumbs, grains, eggs, milk, dried fruit, and nuts.
Cappelletti in Brodo
A hot filled-pasta soup of small cappelletti containing a meat-and-cheese filling and served in broth.
Castagnole
Castagnole are small sweet balls of enriched dough made with flour, eggs, sugar and often butter, deep-fried and served warm or at room temperature.
Coniglio in Porchetta
Rabbit is seasoned with fennel, rosemary, sage, garlic, and pepper, often with pork for richness, then roasted until tender.
Fagioli con le Cotiche
A Roman bean stew of cannellini beans simmered with pork rind, aromatic vegetables, and tomato.
Lasagne al Forno
Lasagne al Forno are layered egg pasta sheets baked with ragù, béchamel, and grated cheese until hot and browned.
Nidi di Rondine
Nidi di Rondine are baked pasta nests made from egg pasta rolled around ham and cheese, commonly finished with béchamel and tomato sauce.
Passatelli in Brodo
Soft strands made from breadcrumbs, egg, and grated cheese that are cooked and served in hot broth.
Pasta e Ceci
An Italian-style soup of pasta and chickpeas cooked with aromatics and olive oil, sometimes including tomato or pork-based additions.
Piadina Sammarinese
A traditional Sammarinese piadina, closely related to Romagnan piadina: an unleavened flatbread made with wheat flour, water, salt, and traditionally pork lard, historically sometimes including yellow flour, then cooked on a hot griddle or testo.
Polenta Sammarinese
A traditional Sammarinese winter preparation of cornmeal slowly cooked with water and salt, served on a wooden board (polenta al tagliere) and classically accompanied by sausage sauce and grated pecorino; richer versions may use small-game sauce, lard, and sage.
Pollo alla Cacciatora
Chicken is braised with aromatic vegetables, tomato, herbs, and often wine and olives in a rustic hunter-style sauce.
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