The origin of the burtleina recipe is very ancient; it was created with very few and simple ingredients and since the beginning it was cooked by poor people too. Its preparation was already there in the half of the XIX Century, often as a replacement for bread.
The Burtleina Feast
The Burtleina Fest was born in 1973 in Casaliggio, from the idea of some Scalabrinian nuns, who were lead with the help of some fellow citizens the parish nursery school. The Bortellina of Casaliggio is the original and the traditional one of Piacenza. This tasty omelette, eaten since the beginning as the main dish for breakfast, lunch and dinner, nowadays it’s only cooked in some typical traditional restaurant or only on request.
Tips for tasting it:
The best way to enjoy the burtleina it’s eating it when it’s still warm, anyway, better if it’s prepaired by a skilled cook, it could stay dry and crispy even when it has cooled down.
You can eat it alone or accompained by charcuterie DOP from Piacenza( Coppa, Pancettaand Salame) and by creamy cheeses.
Wine suggested: Ortugo, Dry Malvasia, Gutturnio from Piacenza valleys.
In 2015 the Municipality of Gragnano Trebbiense recognized to Burtleina the DE.CO trademark.
