Local Recipes in Perugia

In ancient times, the small villages around Perugia used this rustic, dry but delicious dessert because of the abundance of maize flour.

The traditional cuisine in Umbria is distinctively rustic, simple, based on raw materials and high quality ingredients, which have made it nationwide famous.

The cipollata (onion soup) is Umbrias tasty version of the old familiar French Onion Soup.

Typical of the Umbrian hills here black truffles grow and are prized, this also uses river trout from the waterways that flow down the mountains.