Mirtilli Conservati

To preserve bilberries

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Patience Gray

Published 1986

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Bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus) appear in July in Carrara, having been picked clean by the sons of shepherds, who go up to the heights in summer with their flocks to graze on high mountain pastures. They live up there in wattle huts, making delicious ricotta cheese