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Restaurants in Ferrara
Where to eat in Ferrara: pumpkin cappellacci, salama da sugo, coppia ferrarese IGP, and pasticcio di maccheroni.
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The catalogue currently covers Pistoia and Prato, and grows one province at a time. This town may also be listed under a different name: try searching for it.
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From the Bitebooker blog
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Instant confirmation or on request: what actually changes
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«All verified»: what it means, and what it doesn’t
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Eating in Ferrara
Ferrara has a court kitchen the rest of Emilia does not: sweet and savoury together, and dishes that come down from the Este tables.
The dishes
- Cappellacci di zucca — filled with winter squash, nutmeg and parmesan, with ragù or butter;
- Pasticcio di maccheroni — pasta baked in a sweet shortcrust shell: the dish that explains best where this cooking comes from;
- Salama da sugo — a pork and wine sausage, cooked for hours and served with mash. It carries IGP status;
- Coppia ferrarese IGP, the bread with two plaited arms.
From the lagoons
Comacchio supplies the eel, marinated or grilled: the lagoons are in the province, and in autumn it is the local product.
The sweets
Pampapato (or pampepato), chocolate and spice, and torta tenerina.
Opening hours and closing days change. The ones on the listings come from public sources and may be out of date. Where a restaurant confirms tables with us, the availability you see is the real one.
Other towns in the province of Ferrara
For when dinner is a few kilometres away.