50° Sagra dei salamini d’asino

The “Donkey Salamini Festival” of Castelferro, in the province of Alessandria, is one of those events that cannot be missing from the notebook of lovers of Italian gastronomic traditions. In fact, it is not often that one gets to taste a menu entirely based on donkey! Indeed, Piedmont is the cradle of the consumption of this particular type of meat, even at the popular level, and of its curing art that is celebrated precisely in the event we are talking about. The famous salamini are stuffed only once a year following the secret recipe of head chef “Il Mingo”, who, for over 45 years, has overseen the preparation of all the donkey dishes served at the Festival: the salamini, of course, and then the stewed and roasted donkey, the agnolotti, produced by a local artisan workshop, and polenta with tapulone (a rich donkey ragù). Various types of side dishes, cheeses and sweets can also be tasted, including the famous hazelnut cake. To accompany it all, the wines of the Mantovana Winery, the other hamlet of the municipality of Predosa, and a selection of craft beers from the Alessandria area. Along the village streets there are craft stalls and pro