Umbria is renowned for its great cuisine, whichis often slightly rustic but nonetheless based on wonderful fresh ingredients.
The region is known for its amazing truffles and other delicious mushrooms. Lentils from Castelluccio are another specialty.
Fish and seafood Fish in Umbria is normally fresh water fish such as trout, carp and eel. Having said that, in Italy you are rarely far away from the sea so you can always get salt-water fish.
Meat, game and poultry This is where Umbria's cuisine really comes into its own. Wonderful dishes with game such as pigeon, wild boar and quail. Here you can also enjoy Guinea fowl.
Sausages and ham Corallina di Norcia and Prosciutto di Norcia are two excellent products, respectively sausage and ham, which go wonderfully with good bread, good local olive oil and some cheese.
Mazzafegato is another sausage specialty made from pork liver.
Cheese Pecorino (sheep's cheese) is a typical cheese produced in Umbria. There are also good local variations, which rarely leave the town they are produced in.
Sweets Dried figs and chocolate are among some of the best-loved sweet things in Umbria. Perugia is famed for its great production of chocolate.
Wine and vineyards In particular, there are two good red wines produced from local grapes in Umbria: Montefalco Sagrantino and Torgiano. Other good red wines are also produced from international grapes such as Merlot.
Orvieto is probably among the best known white wines. But in recent years Umbria has produced many good Chardonnay-based wines.
Good vineyards in Umbria include Lungarotti, Colpetrone, Perticaia, Caprai, Colli Armerini, Le Poggette and Castello della Sala.
