If you've been reading our Italy Inspired magazine, you may have discovered an amazing recipe: Parmigiana with prickly pear blades!
Yes, you got it right…with prickly pear blades. It's a typical recipe from Ponza Island, off the coast of the Lazio region of Italy. This place is truly divine and, like all of Italy, it has its own unique local traditions and authentic recipes waiting to be discovered in person.
In fact, many Italians are unfamiliar with this recipe, thinking that Parmigiana can be made only by following the traditional recipe that unites the whole country: eggplant, tomato sauce, mozzarella, Parmesan cheese, oil, salt, basil.
Want to see how to make Parmigiana according to the Ponza recipe? Here's a video for you! But before we leave you to watch the video recipe, we would like to specify one thing.
The cook explaining the recipe has a very distinctive speech in which the regional accent is very pronounced! If you can't understand what he says, you should not beat yourself up! It is often difficult even for native Italians to understand the accents of other regions perfectly. Just watch the video, marvel at the incredible recipe, and be swept away by the tradition. Buona visione!
