Jota Triestina con Fagioli e Crauti
Trieste
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Origin
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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Description
The defining soup of Trieste — a dense, sour and smoky potage of fermented sauerkraut (crauti), borlotti beans, potatoes and smoked pork (cotenna or spare ribs). The crauti provides the characteristic sourness; the beans and potato give body; the smoked pork perfumes everything. A 'smorzar' (to extinguish) of lard, garlic and bay leaves is stirred in at the end for the traditional finishing technique.
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The Thread
—Fermented cabbage soup with smoked meat and potato — same sour-smoky foundation, same density target Czech
—Braised pork with sauerkraut and paprika — sour-fermented cabbage as the primary seasoning agent alongside meat Hungarian
—Smoked pork and cabbage soup from the Germanic border region — same cultural lineage and flavour logic French
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Flavour Context
Sour, smoky, earthy and deeply satisfying; the lard smorzar adds an aromatic finish that cuts through the acidity; a soup that tastes of the Adriatic borderlands
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