Paesi e Sapori – Ovada (Alessandria), 16-17 May 2015

PAESI E SAPORI OVADA (Alessandria) 16-17 May 2015

Walking or riding, all roads lead to the good food of the hills around Ovada

After the huge success of past editions, the lively "gathering of taste" returns to Piazza Martiri della Benedicta, organised by the Pro Loco associations and the associations of the Ovada area, during which it will be possible to have a first taste of the most interesting summer festivals and fairs and to discover the many culinary attractions that the territory of the Alto Monferrato offers.

On Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May 2015 the eleventh edition of the food and wine festival Paesi e Sapori will take place. During the event each of the participating Pro Loco associations and associations will offer a typical dish, thus promoting, with the universal language of taste, the territory and the festivals that will be held in the area during the summer period.

At around 18.30 on Saturday 16 May 2015 the stands will open and visitors will be able to taste the numerous courses, accompanied by local wines, in particular Dolcetto D.O.C. and OVADA D.O.C.G. On Saturday evening there will be fun with entertainment and live music. The food stands will be waiting for everyone also during Sunday, both at lunch and dinner.

Kicking off the Sunday programme will be the gathering of Vintage Mopeds — roller, single-speed, touring and off-road — registered by 1990. The food stands will reopen at 12.00 for lunch and at 18.00 for dinner.

Ovada and the municipalities of the Ovada area are located in a singular zone, on the border between Liguria and Piedmont. This geographical and historical characteristic of the area is also reflected in its culinary traditions, which are a true union between these two wonderful lands. The specialities of Monferrato thus combine with the delicious dishes of Ligurian peasant cooking, such as farinata.

Among the starters of the area the most important are vegetables in bagna caoda, raw meat chopped with a knife, anchovies in green sauce, vitello tonnato, fresh mushroom salads and the inevitable cured meats.

Next, agnolotti reign among the first courses, with thin pastry and a filling based on meat and, of course, borage, to be eaten with sauce or "white" in a steaming cup of Dolcetto d'Ovada wine.

Other typical dishes of the Ovada area are vegetable ravioli, tajarin with mushrooms, the peirbureira of Rocca Grimalda, polenta dressed in various ways, once a single dish and today sought after again. In the Easter period the andarini are a must, tiny flour gnocchi to be eaten in broth. In season, mushrooms prepared and cooked in various ways dominate the second courses. To them are added mixed boiled meats, game, roasts, green pies with wild herbs, stuffed cime, boiled capon with green sauce, and mixed fry Piedmontese style.

All the treats that can be tasted:

Pro Loco Battagliosi/Albareto – Fiazein (old-style focaccino) Pro Loco Belforte Monferrato – Trofie with pesto Pro Loco Carpeneto – Salamini with Dolcetto Pro Loco Cassinelle – Mixed grill with potatoes Pro Loco Cimaferle – Cheese focaccia Pro Loco Costa e Leonessa – Fritters and french fries Pro Loco Montaldo Bormida – Farinata Pro Loco Ovada – Bar and ice creams Pro Loco Santuario delle Rocche – White polenta with mushroom sauce Pro Loco Trisobbio – Stuffed polenta flatbreads ANSPI Oratorio Silvano d'Orba – Homemade sweets ASD Tagliolese CCRT – Agnolotti Ass. Insieme per Castelletto – Mixed fried fish Croce Verde Ovadese Onlus – Stoccafisso accomodato Polisportiva Rocca Grimalda – Lasagne in the Peirbureira

FOR INFORMATION:

iat@comune.ovada.al.it Ufficio Iat Ovada 0143/821043