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Origin
Tirano/Sondrio, Valtellina, Lombardy
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Description
Tirano's taroz — a preparation distinct from but related to pizzoccheri: mashed potatoes combined with boiled green beans or turnip greens, enriched with butter and Casera cheese, sometimes with a few spoonfuls of polenta added for texture. The name derives from 'tarer' (Valtellina dialect for 'to trample') — the potato mixture is worked by pounding until homogeneous. It can include leftover pizzoccheri mashed into the potato base. Served as a contorno or a main alongside a braised meat. A hyperlocalised preparation from the Tirano and Sondrio areas.
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The Thread
—Mashed potato and vegetable combination with generous butter — Scottish uses turnip; Valtellinese uses green beans and alpine cheese Scottish
—Alpine potato and cheese combination in butter as a mountain staple — Swiss uses grated potato in a cake form; Valtellinese uses mashed potato pounded rough Swiss · (Uri)
—Mashed potato with greens and butter as a complete potato dish — Irish uses kale; Valtellinese uses alpine greens and cheese Irish
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Flavour Context
Rough potato richness; Casera melted throughout; butter gloss; green vegetable earthiness; Alpine mountain simplicity
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