Leonessa. Petata Leonessana (The Potatoes of Leonessa)

The potatoes of the Leonessa plateau are particularly precious and tasty.

In the 1930s, the most widespread potato variety was the ‘Berlin round’ but now we use the ‘Desiree’ with red peel and yellow paste, the ‘Agria’ with white peel and yellow paste and the ‘Marfona’ with smooth white peel and yellow pasta.

Potato is mainly used for the preparation of gnocchi (dumplings) and sweet potato donuts (ciambelline).

For french fries, the red variety is used as the very large red peel makes it crisp and golden after cooking.

The second Sunday of October is celebrated with the potato festival (Sagra della Petata Leonessana), an event created by professor Ivo Pulcini in 14.10.90.