Today is Father’s Day in Italy, well almost, it’s the Festa di San Giuseppe - St. Joseph’s Day. Traditionally in this area the fathers get to eat frittelle, or even better - frittelle di riso- fried rice fritters and maybe polenta made with chestnut flour, castagnaccio -a cake made from chestnuts or if they are lucky, necci con ricotta - crêpes like pancakes made of chestnut flour cooked between two circular heated plates of metal - the testi or cotte (depending just where you live in the area) Anna Turicchi, the cook at the L’Osteria Angelio in Plazza Angelio in Barga Vecchia prepared for her lucky customers some freshly fired frittelle this evening Continue reading ‘Frittelle for Festa di San Giuseppe’
