"cybercat" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> "Giusi" > wrote in message
>> In Umbria we rarely use ragù, but a light tomato sauce, which may or may
>> not contain herbs or spices other than salt and pepper. The goal in
>> Tuscany and Umbria is the lightest, thinnest lasagna and it resembles the
>> one dish meal lasagne not at all.
> I really love hearing about real Italian recipes (from every region, yes,
> I know how different the foods are in every region of Italy) and how they
> differ from what Americans *think* is Italian food. I don't think I saw a
> heavy red tomato sauce the entire time I was in Tuscany.

And you probably had many pastas with no tomato at all. Umbrian cookery
doesn't differ that much from Tuscan, except we eat slightly fewer beans,
slightly more pork and a lot more truffles.