Local savoury dishes include fagioli con le cotiche, a
Christmas bean and bacon soup; pasta e ceci, a
chickpea and
noodle soup with
garlic and
rosemary; nidi di rondine, a baked
pasta dish with smoked ham, beef, cheese, and a tomato sauce; and roast rabbit with
fennel.[1][5][6]Erbazzone is a spinach-based dish that includes cheese and onions.[5] There is a dish found mostly in
Borgo Maggiore called piada, which consists of
flatbread with various fillings and is somewhat similar to the piadina from Emilia-Romagna.
Desserts and sweets
Sweets include a cake known as Torta Tre Monti, based on the
Three Towers of San Marino[1][2] and similar to a layered wafer cake covered in
chocolate; Torta Titano, a layered dessert made with biscuit, hazelnuts, chocolate, cream and coffee, also inspired by San Marino's central mountain,
Monte Titano; bustrengo, a traditional
Christmas cake made with honey, nuts and dried fruit;[1][7]Verretta, a dessert made of hazelnuts, praline and chocolate wafers; Cacciatello, a dessert made with milk, sugar and eggs, similar to
crème caramel; and zuppa di ciliegie, cherries stewed in sweetened red wine and served on white bread.[8]
The region also produces a number of
wines such as Brugneto and Tessano (cask-aged red wines) and Biancale and Roncale (still white wines).[9][10][11] Wine in San Marino is regulated by the San Marino Wine Association, which is also a large-scale wine producer.[10]
Spirits
Its
liqueurs include the
aniseed-flavoured Mistrà, the
truffle-flavoured Tilus and the herbal Tamir Shachar.[12]
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abCarrick, N. (1988).
San Marino. Let's Visit Places & Peoples of the World. Chelsea House. pp. 45–46.
ISBN978-0-7910-0101-1. Retrieved October 26, 2017.