Rosada dal 1926In 2026 this gastronomia near Porta Nuova station is celebrating its first centenary in the business. Today it is run by Mauro, a member of the third generation of the family, with his wife Alessandra Fiore. Every day the various counters display 40 -50 different pastas, sauces and deli items. The rich array of cheeses, charcuterie, wines and confectionery ensures that the customer will leave with everything they need for a lunch or dinner to write home about. The repertoire is truly vast and, in addition to the Piedmontese classics, also features curiosities such as marbré, chopped oven-roast veal flavoured with herbs, good with insalata primavera (a salad of celery, radishes and fennel) seasoned with oil, lemon and parmigiano. In spite of their name, “uccelletti scappati”, the birds that got away, are meat rolls stuffed with prosciutto, egg yolk and a sage leaf cooked in the gravy from the roast. The insalata russa, or Russian salad, is made the old way with reduced mayonnaise, while desserts include tempting treats such as bonet (set chocolate, hazelnut and amaretti custard) and stuffed peaches with chocolate and amaretti biscuits.
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