Mangia di Lago
Risotto al Pesce Persico
The lake's signature dish
If you taste only one thing from the Lombard lakes, make it this. Risotto al pesce persico is the signature dish of the whole pre-alpine belt, from Maggiore southward: a creamy risotto topped with perch fillets browned in butter and sage.
Perch is the home fish of these lakes, with tender, delicate flesh. You'll find it in the lake restaurants around here, and it's worth ordering where the fish comes in fresh.
It's a dish to eat looking at the water: find a restaurant on the lake and ask for it well mantecato, with the fillets just seared.
— Lorena Erbetta
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What it isRisotto with perch fillets, butter and sage
WhereIn the lake restaurants around here
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