Here is a sample list of dishes worth tasting when in Venice.
Cicchetti are small snacks served with wine or cocktails. Seafood appetizers are especially popular, as cuttlefish, oysters, octopus, and shrimp are all excellent here.
Venetian-style liver. This dish gets its delicate flavor from a long simmering with onions. Sometimes the liver is stewed, then fried, poured with white wine and waited until it evaporates. After all these actions, the dish is sprinkled with cheese, herbs and add cream.
Moleche - it is made with small fried crabs. This simple dish can be combined with different sauces and garnishes.
Ravioli is an Italian version of dumplings. And they may have a variety of fillings: meat, fish, fruit, vegetables ... You will even be offered ravioli with cheese, potatoes, spinach or chocolate.
Italian gelato. There are over 500 varieties of it here. This treat is delicate and soft, made only from natural ingredients, and served with fruit chunks. Local gelato is divided into several types:
- granita - frozen fruit juice with ice;
- sorbetto - fruity cold foam with mint or citrus flavor;
- semifreddo - soft creamy gelato.
In addition to ice cream, you can enjoy prune tortinos, cookies baicoli, pancakes with rice, honey and pumpkin filling, and tiramisu (Venice is the home of this famous dessert).
In Venice you will be offered a great choice of wines. For example red Valpolicella and Bardolino, white Soave and many others. Be sure to try the Bellini cocktail, which is made from peach puree and Prosecco wine. It was invented in Venice and is named after the famous artist.
