Tuscany and Umbria's autumn obsession. Pappardelle al cinghiale is reason enough to visit in November.
Plan your Italy trip →Wild boar roam central Italy's forests in enormous numbers (they're actually an ecological problem). Hunters supply the sagre with fresh game. The dishes: pappardelle al ragù di cinghiale (wide pasta with slow-cooked boar sauce — the iconic Tuscan autumn dish), cinghiale in umido (boar stew), grilled cinghiale steaks, cinghiale sausage, and wild boar salami. Full meal at a sagra: €12-20 with local Chianti or Morellino di Scansano wine.
Suvereto (Maremma, December): "Sagra del Cinghiale" in a medieval village. One of Tuscany's most atmospheric food events.
Chianni (Pisa province, November): Three weekends of wild boar cookery in a hilltop hamlet.
Various Umbrian towns (October-November): Norcia, Spoleto, and Orvieto areas all celebrate cinghiale season.
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