Let’s play a game: what is the first thing you think when you think of Sorrento and Campania?
Let’s start:
1. breathtaking views
2. The sea
3. The scent of something good cooked according to tradition
Today we want to focus on this aspect, the one that together with the beauty makes our land a unique place in the world: good food!
When we welcome our customers into our office, after advising them on the best tours to do, the pearls to discover and how to get around during their holiday in Sorrento, there comes a time when we look into each other’s eyes and know exactly what the next question will be… “What is the best place to eat in Sorrento?” Here, we just can’t resist this question because we know our land well and above all we like to eat well (ehehe)
Then comes the second question always: “What is the typical Sorrento dish?” Well here we also give our best and then, just as if you were in front of us, here is our top five of the best dishes to eat in Sorrento.
Did you know that there is an always active cooking class in Sorrento where you can learn the secrets of good Sorrento cuisine, cook with a chef and then of course taste the dishes?
Great classic, even the name already says it: a nice plate of handmade whistles gnocchi seasoned with fresh tomato sauce and lots of stringy mozzarella. It is usually served in single-serving crock pans (and when we talk about single-serving we are talking about a really large portion)
It is a cheese usually aged between 6 and 18 months, with a fairly hard texture and a semi-spicy flavor. Good to eat sliced with a good glass of wine and super recommended “hanged”, that is hung on a steaming embers with a slice of bread underneath in order to drop loose pieces of cheese.
Another great classic, of Caprese origin but also very popular on the mainland. A very soft chocolate cake with chopped almonds. A very interesting contrast of flavors especially if accompanied by a scoop of vanilla ice cream. There is also the lemon variant and here the eternal struggle opens: better chocolate or lemon?
This is our gold. Just talking about it makes our mouth water. We always use lemons, as a condiment, as a secret ingredient in the preparations, as the basis of our special limoncello, the typical Sorrento liqueur that is served at the end of a meal in every home and restaurant.
Together with lemons Sorrento is famous for the cultivation of olive trees from which extra virgin olive oil DOP or IGP is produced. There is hardly anything more beautiful in the world than eating a slice of warm bread with a spoonful of extra virgin olive oil on it.