In Marano Lagunare to eat clams

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6 August 2018

Food

In Marano Lagunare to eat clams

"You know... it’s not that I’m really hungry, it’s more a desire for something tasty…" This sentence and a roar of laughter has led to an outing by boat that I and my best friend and her wonderful child organise annually. This year, thanks to a sea that was not quite calm, we opted to follow the canal that leads from Lignano Sabbiadoro to Marano Lagunare to eat smooth clams (Callista chione), locally called fasolari. These clams, like enormous cockles with a chocolate-coloured shell make me think of a “chocolate seashell” but within inside in place of fudge they have a beautiful white mollusc with a robust red muscle that has an unmistakable taste of sea but is also incredibly sweet if eaten raw with just a little pepper and a drop of lemon. Produced mainly in the Upper Adriatic, in my opinion they are excellent in the lagoon, perhaps because of the fact that the River Stella, the Cormor, the Corno and the Tagliamento further down all pour into the lagoon... a concentration of fresh water in the brackish lagoon! For the preparation of first courses, however, a knowledge of traditional sea food is required; they need to be cleaned, chopped and cooked in a good ragout seasoning for thin spaghetti, gnocchetti, tagliolini, or a pasticcio. The town of Marano is really pretty, huddled around the Torre Millenaria, an ancient stone tower with the busts embedded of the old town mayors, providing a backdrop to the square along with the old Palazzo dei Provveditori. Every corner and street houses inns and restaurants where you can taste the cuisine of the sea. We take advantage of the enoteca adjacent to the tower for an aperitif with raw clams and sparkling yellow ribolla. At this enoteca, there are always clams as an accompaniment to a good glass of wine. And for lunch the choice falls on a restaurant just a few metres from the tower where we inevitably choose spaghetti with clams. The town can be from Lignano Sabbiadoro using the motorboat service that makes frequent trips; you arrive in the square in front of the old fish market, where every year the “Fasolari in festa” festival is organised; this year it will run from 9 to 15 August. Raw clams, pasticcio ai fasolari, clams au gratin and also other local seafood such as peverasse (local cockles), sarde in saor, fritto misto. A recommendation... Don't miss out on the pasticcio!!!!

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I am a cat, with many lives: a company manager, I participate in the organisation of food and wine events, I cook, I helm the boat, I do sports, travel, read, write and am curious to hear and share. I'm passionate about everything, but I will focus on my Top Passions that are Food, sport and slow tours.