{"id":4637,"date":"2018-04-14T16:29:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T14:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotelmagacirce.it\/?p=4637"},"modified":"2024-02-16T12:53:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T11:53:35","slug":"the-roman-artichoke-and-its-pontine-dwelling-sezze-the-sea-and-the-local-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotelmagacirce.it\/en\/the-roman-artichoke-and-its-pontine-dwelling-sezze-the-sea-and-the-local-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roman artichoke and its Pontine dwelling: Sezze, the sea and the local tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<strong>Roman artichoke<\/strong>\u00a0, Also known with the name of\u00a0<strong>violets<\/strong>\u00a0, is one of the products of the earth most linked to the\u00a0<strong>traditional cuisine of<\/strong>\u00a0Lazio.\u00a0Its spherical and compact shape and its purple nuances make it immediately recognizable, while its tender texture and sweet taste make it a prince of the most diverse preparations, from the traditional art\u00a0<strong>to the Roman<\/strong>\u00a0, to the ancient\u00a0<strong>artichoke to the giudia<\/strong>\u00a0, up to the most recent combinations with\u00a0<strong>sea \u200b\u200bproducts<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, news of the art is already present in Roman literature (\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucio_Giunio_Moderato_Columella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Columella<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0<em>De Re Rustica<\/em>\u00a0), while the nomederiva from the Arabic &#8220;al-karshuf&#8221; meaning\u00a0<em>&#8220;thorny plant&#8221;.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Despite these ancient roots and its widespread distribution in central Italy, only after the Second World War the artichoke begin to spread beyond the borders of\u00a0<strong>Lazio<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0Due to its excellent organoleptic properties and great\u00a0<strong>versatility<\/strong>\u00a0in the kitchen, today it is a very popular vegetable in all the central-southern regions of the Peninsula, but Lazio continues to be the heart of the most valuable crops.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0<strong>Circeo<\/strong>\u00a0area\u00a0the most popular quality comes from the flat areas of\u00a0\u00a0<strong>the Lepini Mountains<\/strong>\u00a0and is called &#8221;\u00a0<em><strong>Sezze artichoke<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0&#8221; (but crops are also present in Pontinia, Sermoneta and Priverno).\u00a0To differentiate the properties of this variety would be the\u00a0<strong>microclimate<\/strong>\u00a0of the area, characterized by the shelter offered by the Lepini chain<\/p>\n<p>In the months of April, May, the best time for the collection, various associations organize festivals and tastings to make this product known to tourists.\u00a0The Cirque Sorceress participates in this moment of the celebration of the cargiofo, proposing in the seasonal menu the\u00a0<em><strong>squid and artichoke bombolotti<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0<em><strong>baked fish with artichokes<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0, by now fully entered into our personal culinary tradition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-339\" src=\"https:\/\/hotelmagacirce.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/carciofi-romaneschi-min.jpg?w=611\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Roman artichoke\u00a0, Also known with the name of\u00a0violets\u00a0, is one of the products of the earth most linked to the\u00a0traditional cuisine of\u00a0Lazio.\u00a0Its spherical and compact shape and its purple nuances make it immediately recognizable, while its tender texture and sweet taste make it a prince of the most diverse preparations, from the traditional art\u00a0to the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelmagacirce.it\/en\/the-roman-artichoke-and-its-pontine-dwelling-sezze-the-sea-and-the-local-tradition\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Roman artichoke and its Pontine dwelling: Sezze, the sea and the local tradition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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