Mietti

I first tasted mietti in Pigna, a mountain resort town in the Valle di Nervia in far western Liguria, near the borders of Piemonte and the French Maritime Alps. This is simple country cooking of once upon a time, but all good foods inevitably resurface and now (mietti are slowly reclaiming their place at the Ligurian table. There has been a significant change in the recipe. In decades past, the terrain of this area was too rugged to herd cattle, so goats were kept to provide m