Choccolandia 2015

“Choccolandia” is back, with its fantastic display of hypercaloric temptations.
Orange peels and figs in dark chocolate, small cannoli with coconut and Nutella.

Black cherry, coconut, coffee and lemon truffles.

See also: Choccolandia - Sicily in Tuscany - Hardware - Art & Ciocc - Choccolandia 2014

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Choccolandia 2014

Do you have ever thought about a chocolate camera? You can easily find one at Choccolandia, the annual chocolate fair that comes in Livorno with its imaginative assortment of cocoa-laden objects.

Roses are not a problem, but they only come in brown...

You can always find less fancy sweets: orange peel in dark chocolate is one of our favorites!

See also: Choccolandia - Sicily in Tuscany - Hardware
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Another Food Fair

Some shots from a food fair in Piazza della Repubblica:

Sicilian dried tomatoes

Pecorino al tartufo nero (Black truffle pecorino)

Filetti di alacce (Gilt sardine fillets)

An assortment of delicious things...

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Donkey or Wild Boar?

From the last food fair in “Piazza XX Settembre”: donkey and wild boar “coppiette”, which are strips of aromatized meat that has been doubled on ropes for drying.

See also: Food Fair - Salami & Cheese - Sweets - Polenta - Hot Peppers - Drunken Cheese - Cassata and Cannoli

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Cassata and Cannoli

The sweet side of our latest food fair: a very promising “cassata siciliana”.At the same stand we find candy apples and a variety of Sicilian cannoli.

See also: Food Fair - Salami & Cheese - Sweets - Polenta - Hot Peppers - Drunken Cheese

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Drunken Cheese

“Formaggio ubriaco” (drunken cheese) is a typical dairy product of the Veneto countryside. Local farmers used to wash their rounds of cheese with pomace, giving to their product a unique flavour.“Ricotta salata al pistacchio” or salted ricotta cheese with pistachios. These and many other treats for sale at a food fair in “Piazza XX Settembre”.

See also: Food Fair - Salami & Cheese - Sweets - Polenta - Hot Peppers - Cassata and Cannoli

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Hot Peppers

Again at the food fair in “Piazza XX settembre”: some hot peppers from Sicily ...... and some more from Calabria.

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Polenta

I am not sure how much familiar most of you are with “polenta”. This guy was preparing it at a food fair in “Piazza XX settembre”.

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Art & Ciocc

This weekend something very dangerous was going on in “Piazza XX Settembre”.Some maîtres chocolatiers were having their creations on display.This happens too often lately...

See also: Choccolandia - Sicily in Tuscany - Hardware - Sweets

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Sweets

Sicilian “arancini” and “cannoli” for everybody.Chocolate truffled cashew nuts and much more on the theme.A mini Ape car on licorice blocks and loaded with licorice sticks.A parade of British preserves...... and Dutch butter cookies.

See also: Food Fair - Salami & Cheese - Other Stuff - Owls & Huskies

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Salami & Cheese

Most of you probably know that I am not a big fan of many events organized in town, but this fair is really something different: you can get lost in a sea of stalls vending delicious foods and drinks.
I sadly missed last year's edition, but this will never happen again!Where “capra” is goat...... “tartufo” is truffle and “cinghiale” is wild boar.(To be continued...)

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Food Fair

In “Piazza XX Settembre”, the statue of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, is seen through a giant pretzel. This weekend we have a food fair with specialties from Italy and abroad.(To be continued...)

See also: Salami & Cheese - Sweets - Other Stuff - Owls & Huskies

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Hardware

I swear that this is my last post about “Choccolandia”, but I had to show you this chocolate hardware: scissors, padlocks, pliers, ball bearings and even carburettors.What about a chocolate “Moka Express”, our legendary coffee pot.You can screw and unscrew this bolt and, eventually, eat it.

See also: Choccolandia - Sicily in Tuscany

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Sicily in Tuscany

The “Compagnia del Dolce Siciliano” (Company of the Sicilian Sweet) is from Follonica, Tuscany, but they have a real Sicilian heritage and they show it with their gorgeous “marzapane”.They had a stall in “Choccolandia”, where they showed us how they fill the legendary Sicilian “cannoli”.See also: Choccolandia

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Choccolandia

Last year it was at the Maritime Terminal, this weekend it has been in the central “Via della Madonna”: three days of “Choccolandia” with any kind of chocolate you can imagine and beyond.Chocolate animals, in dark, milk, and white varieties.Chocolate lollipops, molded into various shapes.Candied citron strips covered with chocolate.
Even salami are made of chocolate.

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