Local savoury dishes includefagioli con le cotiche, aChristmas bean and bacon soup;pasta e ceci, achickpea andnoodle soup withgarlic androsemary;nidi di rondine, a bakedpasta dish with smoked ham, beef, cheese, and a tomato sauce; and roast rabbit withfennel.[1][4][5]Erbazzone is a spinach-based dish that includes cheese and onions.[4] There is a dish found mostly inBorgo Maggiore calledpiada, which consists offlatbread with various fillings and is somewhat similar to thepiadina from Emilia-Romagna.
Sweets include a cake known asTorta Tre Monti, based on theThree Towers of San Marino[1][2] and similar to a layered wafer cake covered inchocolate;Torta Titano, a layered dessert made with biscuit, hazelnuts, chocolate, cream and coffee, inspired by San Marino's central mountain,Monte Titano;bustrengo, a traditionalChristmas cake made with honey, nuts and dried fruit;[1][6]Verretta, a dessert made of hazelnuts, praline and chocolate wafers;Cacciatello, a dessert made with milk, sugar and eggs, similar tocrème caramel; andzuppa di ciliegie, cherries stewed in sweetened red wine and served on white bread.[7]
The region produces a number ofwines such as Brugneto and Tessano (cask-aged red wines) and Biancale and Roncale (still white wines).[8][9][10] Wine in San Marino is regulated by the San Marino Wine Association, which is also a large-scale wine producer.[9]
^abCarrick, N. (1988).San Marino. Let's Visit Places & Peoples of the World. Chelsea House. pp. 45–46.ISBN978-0-7910-0101-1. RetrievedOctober 26, 2017.
