A trip to the province of Brescia is also a journey through its original and genuine flavors, all to be discovered and tasted. Its food and wine offer is in fact extraordinarily rich and varied thanks to the diversity of its territory and the microclimate influenced by peaks, hills and lakes: 8 areas into which it is divided (in addition to Brescia, the lakes of Garda and Iseo, Franciacorta, the Camonica, Trompia and Sabbia valleys with Lake Idro, the Brescia plain), each with its own range of excellent products (many of which are protected by the DOC, DOP, IGT, IGP and Slow Food Presidium brands) and food and wine specialties .
A conspicuous heritage, for years the subject of a constant process of protection and enhancement by bodies, roads and consortia deputies, which in 2017 found its value internationally thanks to the " European Region of Gastronomy " recognition, conferred on the Brescia province, together with the neighboring areas of Bergamo, Cremona and Mantua, as part of the East Lombardy project (www.eastlombardy.it).
To find out, and discover the stories and faces of the protagonists, just consult the website www.laprovinciadeisapori.it and the official Instagram and Facebook accounts of Visit Brescia (where all the videos are visible), which narrate the various areas through the processing methods of the products , recipes handed down from generation to generation , to arrive at the story of how contemporary haute cuisine makes extensive use of local raw materials, bringing secular flavors to the tables of starred restaurants interpreted in a modern key.
The ambassadors
Guiding the public to discover the places through their products are some exceptional brand ambassadors , or local producers who tell about their products and processing methods and chefs of starred restaurants in the province of Brescia , who have created a classic recipe or revisited by them , combined with a local wine.
These are the producers : Mario Pazzaglia (caviar), Riccardo Geminati (Monococco Shebar), Nadia and Elisa Turelli (DOP Lombard lakes Sebino oil), Ferdinando and Andrea Soardi (sardines), Cristina Peroni (goat cheeses), Umberto Guidi (honey), Marco Berta (flour), Lorenzo Mingotti (beef), Jessica Bettoni (Silter DOP), Stefano Ferrari and Giovanni Passeri (potato from Monno), Gabriella Proserpio (citrus), Mauro Grazioli (saffron), Mauro Beltrami (Nostrano Valtrompia DOP ), Stefania Reali (aromatic herbs), Nadia Melzani Bali (Bagòss) and Sabrina Lee (small fruits).
These are the starred chefs : Gionata Bignotti (La Rucola 2.0), Simone Breda (Sixteenth Century), Riccardo Camanini (Lido 84), Giuliana Germiniasi (Capriccio), Philippe Léveillé (Miramonti another), the pastry chef Iginio Massari (Pasticceria Veneto ), Alfonso Pepe (Leon D'Oro) and Daniele Zani (Al Gambero).
The wines paired with their recipes are Franciacorta Brut Millesimato DOCG, Franciacorta Pas Dosè DOGC, Lugana DOC, Botticino DOC, Riviera del Garda Classico DOC - Red, Valtènesi Riviera del Garda Classico DOC - Chiaretto, Capriano del Colle DOC, IGT di Valle wine Camonica.
The cookbook for free
The gastronomic treasures of each of the 8 territories and the recipes were narrated from May 19 to the first week of July by "Brescia. La Provincia dei Sapori" , a multi-channel campaign conceived by Visit Brescia to enhance the vast local food and wine heritage and now they are all at available to travelers and gourmets. Not only. From the website www.laprovinciadeisapori.it you can download the cookbook in PDF e-book format free of charge. Inside there are traditional recipes, those made by starred chefs using local products and wines offered in combination.
