Roveja, the Mythical “Lost” Beans of Umbria

2017 U.S. Tour, Cooking Umbrian, Curiosities, Festivals, Folklore, Food/Wine Lore, Italian 'Passione', Local people, Recipes, Rural Life, Special Events, Traditions, Umbrian Hilltowns2 Comments

We’d first savored la roveja legume a few winters back in Cascia during the Umbrian mountain town’s winter festival starring this “lost bean.”            Cascia in January  Roveja beans and ground roveja flour for polenta That night in Cascia as we had sipped the tasty steaming soup cooked up by the…