Restaurants in Novara
Where to eat in Novara: paniscia, gorgonzola DOP, Borgomanero tapulone, and the reds of Ghemme.
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Eating in Novara
Novara sits between the rice fields and the hills of northern Nebbiolo, and eats from both.
The dishes
- Paniscia — the Novara risotto with borlotti beans, vegetables, pork rind and salam d'la duja, the salami kept under fat. It is not Vercelli's panissa: the ingredients differ, and people here point that out;
- Tapulone from Borgomanero — minced donkey meat cooked in red wine, with polenta;
- Frogs and rice-field risotti.
The cheese
Novara is one of the provinces that make Gorgonzola DOP, mild or sharp: here it is an ingredient in risotti and sauces, not only a board cheese.
In the glass
Upper Piedmont's Nebbiolo is called Spanna: Ghemme DOCG, Boca, Fara and Sizzano are all in this province.
The sweets
The biscottini di Novara, light and dry, are dipped in sweet wine.
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 The ones on the listings come from public sources and may be out of date.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 Novara
For when dinner is a few kilometres away.