Taste
In Comelico, taste comes from a real mountain: essential flavors, local products, traditional recipes and a cuisine that tells the deep bond between territory and community.
Discovering Comelico also means tasting it. Here, mountain cuisine preserves a direct relationship with the territory, the seasons and the Ladin tradition. Taste must become part of the journey and a concrete way to enter the identity of the valley.
Cheeses and organic products
All the pastures of Val Comelico are part of a certified organic district: milk and cheeses are entirely organic, produced with attention to raw materials and sustainability.
Comelico cheese changes smell and taste depending on the season and the feeding of the animals. The Km 0 Circuit promotes local productions and cooperation between producers in the supply chain.
Beer, honey and biscuits
In addition to cheeses, the territory holds other surprises. The beer of the brewery “L’Artigianale il Grillo” has won numerous competitions and is known throughout the region.
The honey produced in the valley bears the Miele delle Dolomiti Bellunesi DOP certification, and some local producers have been recognized among the best in Italy. Finally, the Sartorelli biscuits: of ancient production, in the past they have achieved a fame that few expect — they were served in the restaurant car of the Orient Express.
Traditional dishes
The most representative dish of Comelico is the casunziel: a half-moon ravioli made of soft wheat flour, typical of the Ladin territories. The comelicense version is stuffed with potatoes and sauerkraut or mint grass, a combination that tells centuries of valley cuisine.
The Eicher Bakery in Costalta still prepares them with the traditional recipe, in 18 varieties of filling. Alongside the casunziei, the comelicense table offers kneili, mos, roe deer pastin, barley soup and beef pulp pendulums.
Things not to be missed
Find out where to eat and drink
Eating and drinking in Comelico means getting in touch with a gastronomic culture that comes from the mountains and its essentiality. In the restaurants, refuges, mountain huts and bars in the area you can find traditional dishes, local products, cheeses, cold cuts, typical desserts and proposals that retain an authentic link with the context. Whether you are looking for a break after an excursion, a typical dinner or a more intimate experience in the village, Comelico offers many different ways to savor the area.
Discover the typical recipes
The typical recipes of Comelico tell of a mountain cuisine made up of memory, seasons and local ingredients. They are dishes that come from a peasant and alpine tradition, capable of transforming simplicity into identity.
Adopt a cow, receive its cheeses
The Peralba Cooperative in Costalta gives you the opportunity to adopt a cow from Val Comelico and receive its products at home: butter, cheese, ricotta. For the duration of the adoption, a package with its products arrives at your home every month. It is a concrete way to support local breeding and one of the most original gifts you can give to friends and relatives.
