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This is the area of Murgia

Apulia is a large, fertile region that forms the heel of the Italian boot. Unlike nearly all other Italian regions, which are mostly hilly and mountainous, it is relatively flat. This is the area of Murgia . Flora.

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This is the area of Murgia

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  1. Apulia is a large, fertile region that forms the heel of the Italian boot. Unlike nearly all other Italian regions, which are mostly hilly and mountainous, it is relatively flat.

  2. This is the area of Murgia

  3. Flora In the Murgia Hills, there are about 1500 wild types, among trees, spontaneous flowers andother typical wild plants: THE OHLM-OAK (quercus ilex) It can reach 20-25 m of height • THE OAK • There are 7 kinds of them

  4. The COMMON POPPY (PAPAVER RHOEAS L.) is an herbaceus plant that catches the eyes of the observer for its intense red colour. The wild orchids are unique and admirable and there are several types in our area.

  5. Other typical plants of these zones are the rods and the asphodels The RODS (FERULA CHILIANTHE) was used by the shepherds to build stools in the past. The ASFODELI (ASPHODELIS RAMOSUS) are very simple and beautiful flowers. They are common on Murgia Hills.

  6. GASTRONOMY • Altamura is important for its typical cooking, made of simple • foods produced by the earth. • Some things are essential to our kitchen: • Wheat • Olive tree • Vegetables • Sheep/lamb meat

  7. Olive tree vegetables wheat

  8. Vegetables The rural populations of Apulia have always been great consumers of wild vegetables. The wild flora includes numerous species which are difficult to find now, because of intensive agricultural methods

  9. Wild chicory It grows spontaneously after the 1st summer thunderstorm until winter. Its tender leaves are boiled and seasoned with olive oil and lemon or they are sautéed with garlic, oil and some tomatoes., The typical recipe is boiled chicory and “fava” beans

  10. Wild fennel It is eaten as vegetables with pasta or is used to flavour meat dishes. Its seeds are used to flavour pork sausages, mushrooms and also “taralli” a baked pastry product

  11. Musky wild mushrooms they grow near the wild thistles. They have a delicate flavour and are cooked in different ways: baked, grilled, sautéed and cooked with pasta and meat

  12. Dishes prepared with “Cardoncelli”

  13. Muscari (Lampascioni): this bulb is both wild and cultivated all over Puglia. It is famous for their genuine and bitter taste. There are different ways to prepare them: boiled and seasoned with oil and salt, fried and golden with eggs, sautéed with garlic and parsley, baked with lamb or pork

  14. Dishes prepared with “lampascioni” fried and golden with eggs boiled and seasoned with tomato sauce

  15. Sheep and lamb meat In our area sheep and goats are particularly tasty because of the extensive pasture. The Apulians shepherds since ancient times, prefer lamb and goat, which they cook simply with fragrant herbs and olive oil The meats come from local farms, especially lamb, which is considered as the “favorite dish”. It is cooked on live charcoal. Sheep instead, is cooked in terra-cotta containers. Roll is prepared ingeniously: lamb's hearts, lights, and intestines are skewered and cooked on a blazing grill, then eaten with raw celery and sharp sheep's milk cheese.

  16. Traditional meat dishes Roll prepared with offal: lamb's heart, lights and lung

  17. Stock lamb prepared with lamb, fennel, some local vegetables, eggs and grated cheese

  18. BreadA baker’s product obtained from flour of durum wheat made by milling durum wheat grainIt has been the principal element - the “absolute” one - of traditional diet of Altamura for ages. In the past it was prepared at home, and it assumed a sort of ritual act

  19. The ingredientsDurum wheat flour, yeast, hot water and salt. It is worked by hand till it reaches the proper consistency. The real secret is the fermentation: about 4 hours

  20. The baker gives dough pieces their peculiar final shape

  21. the antique wood oven produces homemade bread, that is cooked for about 2 hours

  22. Focaccia is obtained with the same bread dough and it is cooked in the wood oven

  23. A typical dish of peasant farmer tradition In the past it was the only food for peasants and shepherds during the week in isolated farms. Their dish consisted of bread seasoned with salt and oil and dipped in boiling water

  24. This is another local poor dish of farmer tradition: bread, tomatoes, onions, celery, oil and salt

  25. Altamura bread is used to prepare also some cakes

  26. Hand made pasta A kind of dough made of water, salt and worked by hands Making pasta at home was and is always satisfying. It is boiled with wild or cultivated greens, tossed with energetic meat ragouts or cooked into soups There are different kind of hand made pasta

  27. Orecchiette –little ears(because of their shape)

  28. Capunticapuntini (capuntidd)

  29. Orecchiette with turnip tops, garlic and red pepper flakes.

  30. Cavatelli with mushrooms and mashed fava beans

  31. Dairy products Our region is very rich in cheeses, produced by sheep and cow milk. Types According to how a cheese is made, it can be : • FRESH: i.e. mozzarella, ricotta • SOFT: i.e. spicy ricotta • HARD: i.e pecorino 

  32. Pecorino – sheep cheese This is the “king” of the cheese. Few cheeses in the world can claim to have origins as old as those of Pecorino cheese. For over two thousands years, the sheep grazing freely in our countryside have produced the milk that goes to make this cheese

  33. Steps in the production of this cheese

  34. Scamorza CheeseIt is a type of dried cheese. It has a soft texture, a white colour tending towards yellow. The flavour is delicate, sweet with a milk-like freshness.FRESH SCAMORZAAGED SCAMORZA

  35. A worker is shaping the scamorza cheese

  36. This cheese is very flexible so different shapes can begiven.A worker is given a little pig shape as an old tradition

  37. ricottaSheep and cow ricotta formed by milk whey. It has a sweet and delicate taste. It is used to prepare a lot of cakes. An old recipe is : pasta with ricotta, seasoned with sugar, lemon and cinnamon

  38. Ricotta marzoticaThis kind of cheese is produced in March because the sheep's milk is flavoured. In this period the sheep eat some aromatic herbs. It is used grated to flavour pasta with tomato sauce

  39. Ricotta cheese is used to prepare delicious cakes

  40. Spicy ricottaIt is made by adding the salt; then the cheese is aged and moved from container to container to remove liquid over several months. After months of ageing it has a pungent flavour and a light yellow colour. It is eaten with toasted bread and tomatoes or with the pasta

  41. Typical cakesCartellate Almond cakes

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