that means it s the green heart of italy. not a jealous heart but a fertile one. arriving in early fall, i chart a course through umbria s ancient forests and misty mountains. this is italy before the romans. a place where families live close to the land. a land of saintly legends, impossibly perched hilltop towns and rustic cuisine. wow. stop filming and just eat it. cheers. i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides and i m traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. umbrian food isn t about expensive restaurants or tricky techniques, it s all about the skill and hard work that goes into producing its precious raw ingredients. from innovative farmers to noble hunters. and let s not forget the chefs and the butchers, preserving the traditional ways to cook these treasures of the land. and a note for any vegetarians watching, umbrians eat a lot of meat, particularly pork, like a lot of it. h
perched-up hill towns and rustic cuisine. stop filming and just eat it. i m stanley tucci. italian on both sides and i m travel across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions are as unique as the people and their past. [ speaking foreign language ] ummian food isn t about expensive restaurants or tricky techniques. it s all about the skill and hard twhoork goes into producing its precious raw ingredients. for instance owe r from innovative farmers and chefs preserving traditional ways of cooking this food from the lands and a note for vegetarians watching, umbrians eat a lot of meat, like a lot of it, huge amounts of it. i surrender. so the pork umbria is named after the umry, one of italy s most ancient people. their landlocked homeland is right in the middle of the country. bordered on the rest by its more glamorous neighbor tuscany, it s often overlooked and while the landscape here is similar, the culture is very different. less fancy,
[ speaking foreign language ] umbrian food isn t about expensive restaurants or tricky techniques. it s all about the skill and hard work that goes into producing its precious raw ingredients. from innovative farmers to noble hunters. and let s not forget the chefs and butchers preserving the traditional ways of cooking. and a note for any vegetarians watching. umbrians eat a lot of meat, like particularly pork. like a lot of it. huge amounts of it. i surrender. to the pork. umbria is named after the umry, one of italy s most ancient peoples. their landlocked homeland is right in the middle of the country. bordered on the west by its more glamorous neighbor tuscany, it s often overlooked. but while the landscape here is similar, the culture is very different. less fancy, if you will. and i hear the locals like it that way. they re like flames, aren t they? i m heading deep into the heart of sagrantino territory, umbria s luscious wrld-renowned red wine, to meet a man
where all that salami comes from. but witnessing that shot first-hand really brings home the reality of our carnivorous ways. this boar will have to be hung for 28 days before it s ready for the pot. ready for the pot. but luckily for us, giuseppina, claudia s mom, and her brigade, have been working away on another beast, following a family recipe for wild boar ragout. the local boar is full of flavor, thanks to its foraged diet of roots, acorns, and even truffles. but to be at its best, the meat first needs a slow cook with herbs, lemon, and vinegar. then, giuseppina whizzes it up in a blender before adding it to a tomato sauce with salty green olives, which is the perfect complement to the boar s richness.
oh, my god. now i m under no illusion where all that salami comes from. but witnessing that short firsthand really brings home the reality of our carnivorous ways. this boar will have to be hung for 28 days before it s ready for the pot, but luckily for us claudia s mom and her brigade have been working away on another beast following a family recipe for wild boar ragu. the local boar is full of flavor, thanks to its foraged diet of acorns, roots and even truffles, but to be at its best,