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Municipality of Valchiusella almost entirely built in stone. Famous for its mines, many silicate specimens have been extracted from quails over the years.
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•September 24, 2022
As Stefano wrote above, the town is built with the mountain techniques of the past centuries: stone and lime. If you are also a good eater, you cannot ignore the recipe for "zuppa di ajucche" from Valchiusella, a traditional dish of the region, made with a wild herb called "ajucche" (or "ajucche" in the local dialect). The typical recipe involves cooking bread, ajucche, and a mature mountain cheese, in overlapping layers, and then moistened with the cooking water of the herbs...
translated by•June 6, 2025
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