If you’re a “foodie” visiting Umbria, you can’t miss a dinner of rural goodness with our farm friend, Peppa – and if you’re lucky, learn to make the Umbrian hearth bread la torta with her. You’ll bake it right on top of her wood stove.
Victoria and Peppa flatten the torta dough out on the wood stove top
Mixing it up
Peppa and Janet work on the torta dough
Now it’s time to attack with the rolling pin
The cross on the top assures good rising of the dough
Torta on the woodstove
Peppa knows hte torta is done by checking the edges
Time to flip the torta
One torta baked, another on the way!
Pino opts for salami on his torta
Pino opts for salami on his torta
Victoria savors the wild mushrooms
Risotto with arugula, too
Peppa and Victoria form a salad-making duo
Victoria notes the amount of salt added to the salad
Peppa and Victoria agree that the hands are the best salad-mixing tool
Click here to read more about Peppa and bread
Read more about our many rural friends – and what they have taught us
Click here for a torta recipe, adapted to oven-baking
Read about Peppa’s wine-making
Read about Peppa’s wine lore
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Read about Peppa’s bread salad
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Read about Peppa celebrating chestnuts, new wine and new olive oil
Read about how Peppa can take off the evil eye!
Read about hunting chicory with Peppa
Click here to read about Peppa and her legumes
Click here to read about Peppa’s Easter cheese breads
Read about Peppa and the rural rite of veglia
Read about the joy of feasting with Peppa
Anne, that all looks so yummy! Hope to see you this winter/spring!
Dyanna…hope to see you, too…IF I cook in AZ!
We had the wonderful opportunity of eating Peppa’s torta fresh off her wood stovetop. Officially addicted! We are trying to recreate it this year at our christmas celebration. Thanks again Anne, and thank you to Peppa. Such a lovely, beautiful, and inviting generous woman. Ciao a tutti! Buon Natale