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L’Atlante · Tavola N.° XI di XX

Emilia-Romagna

Artusi’s homeland dunks cake in wine rather than keeping a twice-baked native — and does it magnificently.

Varietà documentate · 3 Si inzuppa in · Sangiovese, albana
La tassonomia — A · Bis-cotto B · Da inzuppo C · Cugino
N.° I
Brazadela · ciambella romagnola B · Da inzuppo

The region’s dunking monument is a ring cake-bread eaten firm and pushed into Sangiovese — brazadela in Bologna, ciambella in Romagna. The gesture is the tradition.

PAT · nel vino
N.° II
Zuccherini montanari B · Da inzuppo

Anise ring biscuits of the Bolognese Apennines, the wedding biscuit of the mountains.

Appennino bolognese
N.° III
Africanetti C · Cugino

Feather-light egg-yolk sponges from San Giovanni in Persiceto — a curiosity, a cousin, and very good with coffee.

Persiceto

Fonti di questa tavola

The atlas cites Italian primary and regional sources throughout. Claims resting on tradition rather than documents are phrased as claims; entries awaiting confirmation say so on their face.


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