Lillino Sabellus, for example, is a host, runs a family restaurant which has existed since the ’50s, Cibus. He is a man tied up to his land and Ceglie, a bridge between the Murgia and Salento.
The Earth gives great raw materials, vegetables, cheeses, history bears the scars of heavy paradoxes, war and peace, all mixed with common sense and wisdom. That “mob” that we hear strange words like the name of a particularly tasty vegetable “U of Paretone cicero”, a very prestigious and renowned in the area.
Not to mention the olive trees, centuries old and centuries, millennia, immense, gnarled, looking at two trees intertwining can think of “Cupid and Psyche,” those trees to mark the unique cuisine of Puglia.
Several PDO are recognized with olives and oils from Puglia, Ogliarola, Cellina di Nardo, Pesciolen, Mennella, each type of olive oil gives rise to a particular, different shades, which goes well with the dishes and their preparations.
The host mentions Lillino almonds in the biscuit which is prepared Cegliese protected by Slow Food, is a challenge to pronounce it: Psqcuetti. A paste made from almonds, eggs from hens in the area, local honey, lemon liqueur Ceglie, the traditional black cherry jam made traditionally in the country. As you can see, each of the ingredients is placed, if it were not so the cookie does not have the name of biscuit Cegliese.
Then the fish to be mentioned, for example, the escabece of Lecce, a great tradition of Salento.
For the host Lillino Puglia is green, all green. He says that here the color blind, it is true.
Emilio asked about his Solfrizzi Bari, Puglia says that for him it is spices, perfumes, table, kitchen and great wines to discover. Living in Rome of the Earth and the memories of meals at home are stronger and more expensive.
His career, before being known on the small screen, begins in a theater in Bari in the late ’70s when, at the age of 15 years, he played Woody Allen’s text. Then came the famous comic couple, Toti and Tata.
The places he loves most and which they miss in addition to Bari, a city native, is Ostuni, Cisternino, Locorotondo, Valle d’Itria, the sea of Trani, who is a real beauty in architecture, with an atmosphere quite magical, Otranto, the promenade of Polignano, Monopoli, Chapter and Savelletri Fasano, Puglia for real medals.
Cites the typical pasta with hairy crabs that have a sauce which is tasty, the fish, rocks, made stewed or fried. At a moment to remember is moved.
In addition to hear it is nice to discover your own way Puglia, verify the veracity of green and color blind, as he says Lillino, visit Trani, with its sea and its architectural beauty, see Lecce, the “Florence of the South” “Ms Baroque”.
An earth that is “patrolled” the length and breadth of finding accommodations in one of the many Holiday Homes Puglia without too many qualms about the cost, here you can talk about low-cost vacation!
