A Saturday and a Sunday of celebration scheduled in Recco, a town on the Riviera Ligure di Levante, on May 24th and 25th to celebrate the famous focaccia di Recco.
The Recco Focaccia Festival is one of the Ligurian events best known to the general public, a Festival, not a fair, because in the various stands set up in the city, the historic bakers Moltedo and Tossini and the Consortium They distribute tens of thousands of servings for free. A day of CELEBRATION to honor this product, so important for the economic fabric of the city and which has made Recco, the city from which it originates, famous throughout the world.
History tells us that the focaccia with cheese in Recco has ancient roots, "rechelini doc" and skilled innkeepers of the time, whose heirs have over time become the professional bakers and restaurateurs of today, handing down over time a centuries-old tradition that has led the Focaccia di Recco with cheese, since 2015, after a long journey guided by its Consortium, to be registered among the European DOP and IGP products that represent the Italian gastronomic heritage in the world. Recco, thanks to the fame of its focaccia with cheese, has become one of the most renowned destinations for "taste tourism".
Registered among the European DOP and IGP products that represent the Italian gastronomic heritage in the world.
The Recco Focaccia Festival is celebrated every year on the fourth Sunday of May with an intense calendar of events.
Saturday is dedicated to elementary school students, it will be a special afternoon for them, with a guide to the healthiest food education. Thanks to a collaboration between the Consorzio Salumi DOP Piacentini and the Consorzio Focaccia di Recco col formaggio IGP for the development of reciprocal promotional activities included in the promotional plans of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests, regarding the DOP and IGP, in addition to the traditional "Piccoli Focacciai" also a special initiative with the people of Piacenza.
14,30:0301839 pm – Multipurpose Hall with the “Piccolo salumante”. The Consorzio Salumi DOP Piacentini will guide the students present to discover the world of quality cured meats by telling their history and tradition. At the end, the participating classes will receive the “Piccolo Salumante” game as a prize. Afterwards, bread and Coppa Piacentina DOP for everyone. DM 12.05.2023 of XNUMX.
16,00:XNUMX PM – Piazza Nicoloso, “I Piccoli Focacciai”. In the DNA of the people of Recco there is a special place for the Focaccia di Recco; with passion, historic focaccia makers pass on this precious knowledge to the young so that history can continue, preserving a tradition that identifies their territory. The children, guided by expert hands, will prepare their first focaccia with cheese that they will then cook at home for the tastiest family snack. For all the children, the Festival T-shirt and the “Piccolo focacciaio” kit.
Sunday 25 May there will be a great celebration of focaccia, tons of focaccia that will be distributed free of charge to the thousands of enthusiasts who will invade the streets of the Ligurian town.
In the morning the morning focaccias “with and without” (onions). In the afternoon everyone in line for the Focaccia di Recco with PGI cheese
In the morning, morning focaccias “with and without” (onions): from 10,00:11,30 to 10.00:11.00 Panificio Moltedo GB in via Assereto in piazza Nicoloso: from 11.00:2 to 12.00:10,00 Panificio Tossini in via Assereto, from 11.30:1870 to XNUMX:XNUMX noon Panificio Tossini in via Roma. from XNUMX:XNUMX to XNUMX:XNUMX in via XX Settembre – Panificio Moltedo L. XNUMX.
In the afternoon, everyone in line for the Focaccia di Recco with PGI cheese: from 14,30:16,00 pm to 14,30:16,00 pm – in Piazza Nicoloso Panificio Moltedo gb in via Assereto, from 15,00:17,30 pm to 15,30:17,30 pm – in Piazza Nicoloso Panificio Tossini in via Assereto, from 1870:16,00 pm to 17,30:12.00 pm – in via V. Veneto Consorzio Focaccia di Recco – production on view, from 10,00:12,00 pm to 1874:300 pm – in via XX Settembre Panificio Moltedo XNUMX, from XNUMX:XNUMX pm to XNUMX:XNUMX pm – in Piazza Nicoloso Panificio Tossini in via Roma. XNUMX:XNUMX pm “The Challenges of the Festival”, Registration in Piazza Nicoloso at the Pro Loco Info Point in the morning from XNUMX:XNUMX am. … moments of pure fun with the “Scianka (competition in Genoese) “with and without” onions, meeting at XNUMX Panifico Moltedo XNUMX in via XX Settembre. Challenges to eat as quickly as possible XNUMX grams of normal focaccia and focaccia with onions
13.15pm “The No Limits Challenge”: Ten “courageous” couples (male/female/male only/female only) (when one can’t take it anymore, the second one takes over) drawn by lot (always hundreds of registrations…), in the central Piazza Nicoloso, with stadium-like cheering, challenge each other to devour an entire pan of Focaccia di Recco with PGI cheese.
All day “Music Music Music, dancing, dances and entertainment”: In Piazza Nicoloso inauguration of the “Festa” the Filarmonica G. Rossini of Recco. Central stage in Piazza Nicoloso in front of the Palazzo Comunale with DJ Set by Carlo Trapani who will animate the distributions of the Moltedo GB Titta and Tossini bakeries with engaging music that will make us all dance.
Infinity Recco, the Radio on the sea International WebRadio, with Roby Pinna live from Recco in via XX Settembre from the Panificio Moltedo 1874. In Via Roma/piazza San Giovanni Bono Wanted Country Dance. Smooth dancing with the Orchestra primavera in via Vittorio Veneto at the Consortium stand.
Every year, an average of 20/25.000 people flock to the Festa della Focaccia, making a huge impact on the fame of the product. They come individually or in groups through tour operators and travel agencies. They come from everywhere, especially from the regions of Valle D'Aosta, Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia Romagna and Tuscany. There is a very high turnout from all over Liguria and, for some years, also many foreign tourists, thanks to the strong communication carried out on the Consortium's social channels.
