Typical Umbrian Food: How Umbria Eats

A typical product is something you buy. Typical Umbrian food is something you eat inside a habit: a family lunch, a Sunday, a dinner out. WonderUmbria sells the first kind through its online shop. The second kind is served at our restaurant in Torgiano, where traditional Umbrian dishes are still on the menu today.

A Method, Not a Fixed Recipe

Many Umbrian dishes come from a method applied to different ingredients, more than from a single fixed recipe. "In porchetta", for example, does not only mean porchetta: on our menu it appears on both rabbit and snails, the same herb base applied to two completely different meats. It is a way of cooking passed down, more than a single dish.

Everyday Food and Feast Food

Umbrian cooking has two registers. Some dishes are made for the everyday meal, direct and unpretentious: beans with pork rind, farmer-style tripe, sautéed field greens. Others are made to be shared on bigger occasions, often served for two: zuppa umbra, herb-scented suckling pig, beef stew with Torgiano Rosso Riserva. The level is the same, only the occasion changes.

These dishes are still served today at our restaurant in Torgiano. To bring the ingredients home, from truffle to legumes to cured meats, see our Italian food gifts and product range. To taste them in person, you can book a table.