Vegetable Dishes
Vegetable dishes can become very rich and elaborated. The most famous are:
- The parmigiana di melanzane, aubergine pie with tomato sauce and fiordilatte
- The Gatò di patate (it), potato pie stuffed with cheese and salami
- The peperoni ripieni, stuffed whole peppers
- The melenzane a barchetta, aubergines cut in half, the center scooped out and filled with different types of stuffing.
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