Amalfiküste

While Campania is the birthplace of pizza and renowned for its high-quality dried pasta, the region is also famous for a wide variety of typical cheeses, traditional salumi, and wine.

The pizza was invented to welcome Queen Margherita of Savoy to Naples, made exclusively with tomatoes grown in the volcanic soil of Mount Vesuvius (San Marzano or Pomodorino del Piennolo), type 0 or type 00 flour, fresh basil and buffalo mozzarella.

If Naples has pizza, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast are famous for their lemons. Thanks to the almost constant sun and mild winters, the large lemons of Campania are characterized by a unique crisp flavor and are used as the main ingredient in many dishes and beverages. One of the most famous types of lemons of Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast is called sfusato because of its elongated shape and distinct point. This type of lemon is usually implemented in seafood dishes, though it can also be eaten raw or used to flavor desserts as well as make limoncello.