Sammarinese Recipes
4 recipesSan Marino is a tiny hilltop republic on Monte Titano, and its kitchen shares much with neighboring Romagna: fresh egg pasta, beans, pork, rabbit and thin flatbread, all cooked simply. Nidi di rondine, rolled pasta sliced into spirals and baked with ham, cheese and sauce, is the best-known pasta dish, while piadina sammarinese, a flatbread rolled thinner than its Romagna cousin, accompanies everything from cured ham to soft cheese and greens. Winter brings fagioli con le cotiche, a bean and pork rind soup eaten around Christmas, and polenta with sausage. Sweets are a point of pride: Torta Tre Monti, wafer layers with hazelnut cream and chocolate, is named for the three towers on the mountain, and bustrengo is a dense cake of cornmeal, nuts, honey and dried fruit. Sangiovese and Biancale wines complete the table.
Staple ingredients
- fresh egg pasta
- beans and chickpeas
- pork and cured ham
- rabbit
- wheat flour for flatbread
- hazelnuts and chocolate
- cornmeal
- Sangiovese wine
Soups
Main Dishes
Breads
Desserts
Common questions
What is San Marino food known for?
Nidi di rondine (baked rolled pasta nests), piadina sammarinese, fagioli con le cotiche, and sweets such as Torta Tre Monti and bustrengo. The cooking is simple, hearty and close to that of neighboring Romagna.
What is the most famous dish of San Marino?
Nidi di rondine and Torta Tre Monti are named most often: a baked pasta dish with ham, cheese and sauce, and a layered wafer cake with hazelnut cream and chocolate.
What is Torta Tre Monti?
It is a layered cake of thin wafers and hazelnut chocolate cream, covered in chocolate. Its name means Three Mountains Cake and refers to the three towers of San Marino: Guaita, Cesta and Montale.