The street food is not born yesterday!
In August many fairs and festivals in countries are an opportunity to enjoy light snacks and delicious, prepared according to tradition, great for snacks and breaks not binding.
If you are around the valley of the Garfagnana and the Serchio valley, you can go and search for crisciolette, necci, cecina, cigerani, migliacci, fogacce levers, cooked directly over the fire in the texts of iron, terracotta and even stone. They are the “street foods” of the tradition prepared with all flours available: formenton ottofile, spelled, wheat, catagne … and enriched with a piece of cheese, a sausage, a bit ‘of cottage cheese or honey-scented pastures , coast or chestnut.
Occasion, in the summer, to party with little and visit the Garfagnana
third in August
FESTIVAL OF CRISCIOLETTA
Molazzana, loc. Cascio – The manifestation of the oldest festivals of the Garfagnana to rediscover the taste of real “Criscioletta” prepared according to the recipe handed down orally.
August 3
FESTIVAL OF BOMBOLONI
Camporgiano, loc. Casatico Vitoio – Festival dedicated to gourmands where the protagonist is bombolone
August 5
necci MIGLIECCI E PITONCA
Fabbriche di Vergemoli, loc. Vallico sopra – Between streets and stone houses, to taste traditional recipes, while dancing in the streets and Moorish Quadriglia
August 10
WALK OF tasting FORMENTON Ottofile
Pieve Fosciana – a unique walk through the farmyards of the country to the discovery of ‘”ottofile” in many preparations.
13/17 agosto
AUGUST TOGETHER – FESTIVAL OF CIGERANI
Fosciandora, loc Migliano – the legendary cigerani prepared with the mixture of cooked macaroni on plates. As once but always good.
15/16 agosto
FESTIVAL chestnut
Camporgiano, loc. Casatico – while the chestnuts ripen for the new flour, necci are prepared in the traditional way, on high heat, with texts in iron.
16/17 agosto
THE WAY OF TABLETS
Careggine – two days of celebration, good food and traditional games in the shadow of the Apuan Alps.
23-24 August
FEAST OF THE LEVER Fogaccia
Gallicano, sports facilities – L ‘”Order of Fogaccia lever” offers a weekend of tasting dish of Gallicano