Ariccia, Italy with Chef Joseph Cyzinski

Ariccia, Italy population 20,000. A ‘Roman Castles (Castelli Romani)’ commune located 15 miles southeast of Rome in the central region of Lazio. Home of fraschette (local wine taverns) and Italy’s capital of pork. So intrinsically linked are pork and Ariccia that it would be safe to venture that there is no pork without Ariccia and no Ariccia without pork. Porchetta has historically been associated with the central block of Italy, with Lazio, Abruzzo, and Umbria each laying claim to the glorious roasted pork dish. But the debate of its origins aside, porchetta is a dish enjoyed all over Italy, from Veneto in the north all the way down to Sicily in the south. We will build a dinner around the grand roast pork known as Porchetta. We will start with fried artichoke salad, pesce alla ghiotta, “THE” Porchetta and finish with fresh cheeses. We will pour bubbles, Frascati and Cesanese.