Answering the question what to eat in Aielli we say that here the Abruzzo cuisine is even stronger as we are in the Marsica, therefore in the deep mountain Abruzzo and this strongly influences the typicality of Abruzzo products, which prove to have even stronger flavors than in other places. Clearly each town in the Marsica articulates the Abruzzo-Marsican cuisine in its own way. So if you want to do a brief overview of the kitchen in Aielli, let’s start with the first ones.

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Fusilli al sugo di lepre 

 

– The first courses eaten in Aielli are clearly pasta-based dishes seasoned with meat sauce, such as Fusilli with hare sauce, but also different dishes such as saffron risotto or saffron strozzapreti. We remember here saffron is a plant that was widely cultivated in the past in the Marsica and still today there are companies that produce it in large quantities.

 

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Pollo ripieno con patate del Fucino

– The second courses are mainly based on lamb meat such as the famous sheep skewers, or the paschal lamb, cooked in the local variant of cheese and eggs. But there are other equally tasty dishes such as stuffed artichokes or stuffed chicken.

 

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Tortino di patate del Fucino

 – The side dishes: logic dictates that every second is accompanied by side dishes of sauces or vegetables. Here too there are different types and all very good such as the various mixed salads or potatoes made in different ways such as the Potato pie or Potatoes’ mporchettate.

 

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Olio della Valle Roveto

– Oil: As a condiment for these side dishes we find oil from the Roveto Valley, which represents a very valuable oil in central Italy.

 

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Vino Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

– Wines: on the wines that accompany these dishes it must be said that they are beautiful, strong and substantial, such as Montepulciano, a typical Abruzzo red.

 

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Pesche ripiene al cioccolato

– Desserts: on the desserts produced in Aielli you are spoiled for choice and being many and delicious we limit ourselves to mentioning just a few, such as Easter Pizza, ferratelle, Tre monti or Sise delle monache, Peaches stuffed with cream or chocolate, or even Caggionetti.