Good morning hivers and happy Easter to those who celebrate it, today I will celebrate with my parents because my husband is at work, but yesterday he was free and we took advantage of it to participate in a Puglia festival, my husband is originally from Puglia and when we can and find events dedicated to his region of origin we always go, Puglia is a region rich in many things including a cuisine rich in traditional dishes! In Pistoia for this Easter weekend there is a festival dedicated to Puglia specialties.
As soon as we arrived you immediately breathe a southern Italian atmosphere already from the parking lot we could hear the popular Puglia songs and approaching the festival it was a riot of delicious smells. Today even these festivals have modernized in fact in addition to at the cash register it was possible to pay and order by scanning the QR code to avoid the queues. Each stall had its own specialty, one was dedicated to grilled meat and meat dishes, another to desserts, one to the typical Calabrese focaccia with mozzarella and tomato and pepper, one to first courses among which the orecchiette with turnip tops typical of Puglia stood out, another dedicated to the Puccia, a soft sandwich filled with meat or tomatoes and mozzarella or vegetables and obviously the Panzerotti, a kind of fried dough filled with mozzarella and tomato!
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Buenos días hibernadores y feliz Pascua a quienes la celebran, hoy lo celebraré con mis padres porque mi marido está en el trabajo, pero ayer estaba libre y aprovechamos para participar en un festival de Puglia, mi marido es originario de Puglia y cuando podemos y encontramos eventos dedicados a su región de origen siempre vamos, Puglia es una región rica en muchas cosas incluida una gastronomía rica en platos tradicionales! En Pistoia, este fin de semana de Pascua, se celebra un festival dedicado a las especialidades de Apulia. Tan pronto como llegamos, inmediatamente sentimos la atmósfera del sur de Italia.
Ya desde el aparcamiento podíamos escuchar canciones populares de Apulia y a medida que nos acercábamos a la fiesta era un derroche de deliciosos olores. Hoy en día incluso estas celebraciones se han modernizado de hecho además en la caja era posible pagar y hacer pedidos escaneando el código QR para evitar las colas. Cada puesto tenía su propia especialidad, uno estaba dedicado a la carne a la parrilla y platos de carne, otro a los postres, uno a la típica focaccia calabresa con mozzarella y tomate y pimiento, uno a primeros platos entre los que destacaban las orecchiette con grelos típicas de Puglia, otro dedicado a la Puccia, un sándwich suave relleno de carne o tomate y mozzarella o verduras y obviamente los Panzerotti, una especie de masa frita rellena de mozzarella y tomate!
The stalls were also very beautiful, made in the shape of a trullo, the typical traditional houses of Puglia, music, the smell of food and folklore, this is the atmosphere that you could breathe. We were very undecided about what to order but in the end we decided to opt for one of the typical dishes suitable for eating as street food, the panzerotto, stuffed with mozzarella and stringy tomato. A real delight and also very large, we had lunch there! To drink, obviously, Raffo beer, a beer from Puglia! It was a really pleasant day and it was a shame not to have an infinite stomach because we would have liked to try everything!
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También eran muy bonitos los puestos, realizados en forma de trullos, las típicas casas tradicionales de Puglia. La música, el olor de la comida y el folclore eran la atmósfera que se podía respirar. Estábamos muy indecisos sobre qué pedir pero al final nos decidimos por uno de los platos típicos aptos para comer como street food, el panzerotto, relleno de mozzarella y tomates fibrosos. Una auténtica delicia y además muy grande, comimos allí! Para beber obviamente cerveza Raffo, ¡una cerveza de Puglia! Fue un día muy agradable y es una pena que no tuviéramos un estómago infinito porque nos hubiera gustado probarlo todo!
First picture edited by my phone, translation with deepl.