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From friselle to fregula, a menu of health and environment friends

7/24/2020, 5:58:34 PM


(HANDLE)(ANSA) - ROME, JULY 23 - Three times good: for taste, health and for the environment. This will be the menu of the summer 2020 according to the Barilla Foundation which has analyzed the typical dishes of each region, identifying the sustainable ones to taste at least once on holiday in local restaurants or simply preparing them at home. Among the candidates to be dishes of the sustainable Italian ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JULY 23 - Three times good: for taste, health and for the environment. This will be the menu of the summer 2020 according to the Barilla Foundation which has analyzed the typical dishes of each region, identifying the sustainable ones to taste at least once on holiday in local restaurants or simply preparing them at home. Among the candidates to be dishes of the sustainable Italian tradition of the summer 2020, friselle, sardines alla beccafico and pappa alpomodoro are indicated. A possible selection among many but evaluated on the basis - explains a note - to the most popular destinations for those who choose the country: Puglia (degree of preference 12.4%), Sicily (11%), Tuscany (10.6%), Trentino- South Tyrol (7.2%) and Sardinia (6.5%).

As part of the selection, Fondazione Barilla, in addition to proposing 5 recipes of the regional gastronomic tradition (Apulian Friselle with tomato, Sarde alla Beccafico, Pappa al pomodoro, Stragolapreti butter and Sage, Fregola conArselle) to try on holiday or at home and in respect of the environment and taste, remember that "the dishes that we put on the plate every day have an impact on our health but also on that of the planet", pointing out that "food production is the human activity that contributes the most to climate change (up to 37%) ". It is also stressed, in this context, that "the adoption of sustainable diets is the best way to respect the environment, leading to dishes that guarantee a balanced nutritional value". Fondazione Barilla, with the Su-EatableLife project, has introduced sustainable menus in the canteens of large companies and universities, in Italy and the UK, as early as February.

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