Bologna, the indulgent

By Katia Brentani, Andrea Brentani and Simona Guerra

An unusual way to see and taste Bologna. The guide is timed to help you to plane your day in the city. The hours can be organised as you wish by food, because, in Bologna the Fat, food is a life-style and in Bologna the Learned, food is tradition and culture. Let's experience one day with breakfast, lunch and dinner surrounded by museums and porticoes. Another day you can try a brunch in an “osteria” or hot doughnut at four o'clock in the morning or taste wines in a wine shop while exploring secret gardens and towers. Whatever you decide, Bologna will satisfy your desires. This guide presents Bolognese typical cooking recipes to take home the city's delicious smells and soul along with your pictures and memories. This guide has also maps and pictures.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Edizioni del Loggione
• Release date: Aug 17, 2015
• ISBN: 9788868102357

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Andrea Brentani, Katia Brentani, Simona Guerra

Bologna, the indulgent

Prima Edizione Ebook 2015 © Damster Edizioni, Modena

ISBN: 9788868102357

Translator: Benedetta Pini

Revisors: Alison Jermyn, Nicola J. Fabrizi

Cover: Chiara Renda

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Andrea Brentani, Katia Brentani, Simona Guerra

Bologna, the indulgent

Translator: Benedetta Pini

Revisors: Alison Jermyn, Nicola J. Fabrizi

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INTRODUCTION

BOLOGNA TIMETABLE

07:00 | 10:00 BREAKFAST BOLOGNESE STYLE

10:00 - 12:00

 SNACKS BOLOGNESE STYLE

12:00 – 15:00

BRUNCH

12:30 – 14:30

LUNCH BOLOGNESE STYLE

15:30 – 17:30

TEA, PASTRIES AND ICE CREAM

18:00 – 20:00

HAPPY HOUR

19:30 – 22:30

DINNER BOLOGNESE STYLE

22:00 – 24:00

OSTERIE AND WINE SHOPS

24:00 – 04:00

LATE NIGHT

24:00 – 12:00

BOLOGNA HILLS

00:00 – 24:00

BOLOGNESE APENNINE

00:00 – 24:00

BOLOGNA LOWER PLAIN

00:00 – 24:00

DOZZA IMOLESE

00:00 – 24:00

ALTEDO

HISTORICAL SHOPS IN BOLOGNA

EVENTS, BOLOGNA’S PICTURESQUE,

TYPICAL AND UNCOMMON PLACES

BOLOGNESE RECIPES

BREAKFAST BOLOGNESE STYLE

Ciambella

Raviole

SNACKS BOLOGNESE STYLE

Crescente

Rosemary Crescente

Streghette

Fried Crescentine

BRUNCH BOLOGNESE STYLE

Bolognese tuna loaf

Mousse di mortadella

LUNCH BOLOGNESE STYLE – APPETIZERS

Stecchini

PASTA COURSES

Tortellini

Manicaretto Garisenda

Tagliatelle al ragù

Stianconi with tomato and onion

Strichetti with ham and peas sauce

Cannelloni Bolognese style

Bolognese Lasagna

MEAT COURSES

Bolognese cutlet

Arista (Roasted pork loin)

Meatballs with peas and potatoes

Stuffed Courgettes

Spuntature

Friggione

CAKES

Torta degli Addobbi (rice cake)

Zuppa Inglese

Cherry biscuits

Zuccherini bolognesi

DINNER BOLOGNESE STYLE – PASTA COURSES

Tortelloni della Vigilia

Tagliatelline in broth

Gramigna con la salsiccia

Penne all’arrabbiata con la pancetta dolce (Fiery penne with unsmoked pancetta)

MEAT COURSES

Ossobuchi Bolognese style

Faraona arrosto (Roasted Guinea-fowl)

Coniglio arrosto (Roasted rabbit)

Coniglio in umido (Stewed rabbit):

Spezzatino con patate e piselli (Veal stew with potatoes and peas)

Salsiccia stufata con fagioli (Sausage stew with beans)

Sausage and beans casserole

Cardi (Cardoons)

Finocchi con la besciamella (Fennel with white sauce)

AND NOW... THE DESSERT!

Fiordilatte (Milk and vanilla pudding)

AT NIGHT

Bomboloni (Italian doughnuts)

THE AUTHORS

Andrea Brentani

Katia Brentani

Simona Guerra

INTRODUCTION

In his book, entitled "Science in the kitchen and the art of eating well, Artusi stated: When you hear someone speak about Bolognese cooking, salute it, because this cooking deserves it".

That is why Bologna is called the Fat; its opulent cooking is known worldwide.

This culinary art is not only based on tortellini, lasagne and mortadella but there are many other specialities making Bologna cooking unique and inimitable.

In this guide we will tell you about Bologna delicacies, taking you through the typical places of the city so that you can learn about recipes and choice ingredients... in one word the Bolognesità.  Only through its food can you appreciate the true Bolognese essence and soul.

Bologna’s pasta is made with eggs and flour, such as its famous tagliatelle. They have to have the perfect length and thickness. The official measurements of tagliatella alla Bolognese are: 8 millimetres once cooked, 6.5-7 millimetres raw and this is equal to the 12,270-th part of the height of the Torre Asinelli. These measurements are deposited with notary act at the Chamber of Commerce of Bologna.

Now let’s start with the ragù. The real Bolognese ragù.

Browsing this guide you will find the recipe to make it just right. The one and only ragù. Let it simmer and while you are waiting and smelling the wonderful aroma, read how this ragù was born.

Spaghetti alla Bolognese, one of the most famous dishes in the world, does not exist in Bologna. We are sorry to let you down, but this is the hard truth.

After reading this guide, we are sure you will not forget Bologna and its cuisine.

In this guide we recommend the places that make Bologna special and unique; historical shops, restaurants, bars, bakeries etc. handing down the tradition of Bologna and offering delicacies and recipes of the original Bolognese cooking art.

The guide is timed to help you to plane your day in the city. The hours can be organised as you wish by food, because, in Bologna the Fat, food is a life-style. 

Let’s experience one day with breakfast, lunch and dinner surrounded by museums and porticoes.

Another day you can try a brunch in an osteria or hot doughnut at four o’clock in the morning or taste wines in a wine shop while exploring secret gardens and towers.

Whatever you decide, Bologna will satisfy your desires.

BOLOGNA TIMETABLE

07:00-10:00 ► Breakfast  Bolognese style

10:00-12:00 ► Snacks Bolognese style

12:00-15:00 ► Brunch Bolognese style

12:30-14:30 ► Lunch Bolognese style

15:30-17:30 ► Tea break: tea and pastries, ice cream

18:00-20:00 ► Happy hour

19:30-22:30 ► Dinner Bolognese style

22:00-24:00 ► Osterie and Wine shops

12:00-04:00 ► Cakes shops and bakeries open all night

00:00-24:00 ► Bologna hills

00:00-24:00 ► Bologna Apennines

00:00-24:00 ► Bologna lower plain

00:00-24:00 ► Dozza Imolese, Castel del Rio, Castel San PietroTerme

00:00-24:00 ► Altedo

00:00-24:00 ► Bologna’s historical restaurants, bars, osterie, wine shops, cake shops, delicatessen, bakeries, groceries

00:00-24:00 ► Events, Bologna’s popular and unknown places

07:00 | 10:00 BREAKFAST BOLOGNESE STYLE

BREAKFAST BOLOGNESE STYLE ► (07:00 -10:00)

You wake up early to explore Bologna. Early in the morning you can enjoy Piazza Maggiore uncrowded, only few citizens will cross the square to go to work, the Umarell (retired people discussing about soccer matches and politics, always with their hands folded behind their backs) and pigeons roosting on buildings ledges. 

The white granite pavement of the square dates back to 1934, its colour gives it the nickname the Crescentone because the square looks like the crescenta, the typical focaccia (Italian flatbread) made in Bologna.

You will glance at the clock of the high and slightly leading Torre dell’Arengo (47 m. high). It rises above the Palazzo del Podestà. This palace was built about the year 1200 as the seat of power of the chief magistrate and his officers. Under the porch of the Palazzo del Podestà, there is the Tourist Office and in front of it, there is the Basilica di San Petronio.

The first stone of construction was laid on June 7th, 1390, when the town council entrusted Antonio di Vincenzo (1350-1402) with building a Gothic cathedral.  However, in 1514 Arduino degli Arriguzzi proposed a revised plan in the form of a Latin cross with the intent to outdo even Saint Peter’s Basilica of Rome, the greatest church of the Western Christian world even in its ancient version. According to tradition, Pope Pius IV halted such a majestic project.

Even though San Petronio is not the largest church in the world, its meridian is the longest. It was built by astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini in 1776.

Behind the Palazzo del Podestà, there is the Palazzo Re Enzo. This palace was built between 1244 and 1246 to host the city magistrates. The building, also known as Palazzo Nuovo, has this name because of King Enzo of Sardinia, son of Emperor Fredrick II, was captured during the battle of Fossalta (year 1249) and he stayed in the palace for 23 years until his death (1272). The lamp of the Palazzo Re Enzo lights up everytime a baby is born in Bologna.

If you are with friends, you can play Chinese whispers under the vaults between Palazzo Re Enzo and Piazza del Nettuno. You can achieve a particular acoustic effect by speaking quietly from opposite corners of the tower’s supporting pilasters.

On the opposite side of the street, there are the Pavaglione porticoes. Pavaglione is the dialect word for pavilion, the typical tent used to shadow the porticoes in order to protect silkworm booths during the silk market that took place every year from 1149.

With the fall of the silk market which was very important for