Forwarded from Venice Local Guide
📌🥬 May traditionally starts Summer events in Venice.
This is a very local one☝️, totally unknown to tourists!
It takes place in the island of #SantErasmo on the second Sunday of May and celebrates the harvest of the Violet Artichoke ("Carciofo Violetto"), a special perennial herbaceous plant that grows only here in the #Lagoon.
You can only eat this Artichoke here in Venice in various ways (raw, garnished, fried), its early bud is called "castraura" and it's much sought after around town in this season. Delicious 😋
#Castraure #VeniceFood #VeniceEvents
This is a very local one☝️, totally unknown to tourists!
It takes place in the island of #SantErasmo on the second Sunday of May and celebrates the harvest of the Violet Artichoke ("Carciofo Violetto"), a special perennial herbaceous plant that grows only here in the #Lagoon.
You can only eat this Artichoke here in Venice in various ways (raw, garnished, fried), its early bud is called "castraura" and it's much sought after around town in this season. Delicious 😋
#Castraure #VeniceFood #VeniceEvents
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Forwarded from Venice Local Guide
🥬 #Castraure #SantErasmo #VeniceFood #SlowFood
#Italy ❤️
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250502-the-artichoke-so-prized-that-people-sell-fakes
#Italy ❤️
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250502-the-artichoke-so-prized-that-people-sell-fakes
Bbc
The artichoke so prized that people sell fakes
For just two weeks each spring, a rare violet artichoke is harvested by hand on Venice's northern islands – and locals go to great lengths to keep it authentic.
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