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A dish of risotto peas). Veneto features heavy dishes using exotic spices and sauces.
Ingredients such as stockfish or simple marinated anchovies are found here as well. Less fish and
more meat is eaten away from the coast. Sausages such as sopressata and garlic salami are common.
High quality vegetables are prized, such as red radicchio from Treviso and asparagus from Bassano
del Grappa. The most notable dish of Veneto is fegato alla Veneziana, thinly-sliced liver sauteed
with onions. Squid and cuttlefish are common ingredients, as is squid ink, called nero di seppia.
Lombardy
Rice is popular in Lombardy, often found in soups as well as risotto.
Regional cheeses include robiola, crescenza, taleggio, gorgonzola and grana
padano (the plains of central and southern Lombardy allow intensive cattle-
raising)