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Lean beef topside or eye-of-round dry-cured with salt, pepper, juniper and bay, aged 2 to 3 months in the cold Alpine air of the Valtellina valley above Milan. Sliced paper-thin and dressed with olive oil and rocket.
Bresaola has been produced in the Lombard Alpine valley of Valtellina since at least the 15th century, with PGI (IGP) status established in 1996. The cold, dry Alpine air at 600 to 900 m of elevation is the natural drying chamber. Milan's Salumeria del Corso, Peck and Eataly all run defensible bresaola counters; the sliced board with olive oil, lemon, rocket and shaved Grana is the city's classic aperitivo opener and a summer first course in fine dining.
3 editor picks for Bresaola della Valtellina in Milan, ranked by editorial score. All Milan signature dishes · Bresaola della Valtellina across every city.
Trippa in Milan's Porta Romana is Diego Rossi's offal-led trattoria, opened 2015 with cucina povera reimagined. Kitchen leans modern italian, offal.
OrderThe vitello tonnato, the trippa alla fiorentina and the mondeghili Milanese meatballs.
TipBookings open 60 days ahead on the website; sells out within hours. Walk-up bar seats open at 19:30 for early birds.
Antica Trattoria della Pesa in Milan's Porta Garibaldi has cooked the Lombard farmstead canon since 1880, set in the old grain-weighing house.
OrderThe risotto alla milanese, the ossobuco and the cassoeula in winter.
TipBookings open one week ahead by phone. The dining room has the original 1880 wood-panel interior; ask for a table by the window.
Boeucc in Milan dates from 1696 and is the city's oldest dining room, now at Corso Monforte near the Quadrilatero. Located in Centro Storico.
OrderRisotto alla milanese, the bone-in cotoletta, then tortelli di zucca from Mantua.
TipBookings open three weeks ahead. The dining room has the original Boeucc 18th-century vaulted ceiling; ask for a table in the main room.
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