# The Regional Cuisine of Umbria: What to Eat | Doorways > Black truffles, strangozzi, porchetta and Sagrantino, Umbria's flavorful, unfussy kitchen explained, with the dishes to seek out during your stay. Source: https://villavacations.com/travel-guide/regional-cuisine-umbria/ Travel Guide · Food & Wine # The Regional Cuisine of Umbria [Food & Wine](https://villavacations.com/category/food-and-wine/) By Kit Burns · June 1, 2026 ![The Regional Cuisine of Umbria](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/regional-cuisine-umbria-hero-1.webp) Food and wine are as much a part of [Umbria](https://villavacations.com/destinations/umbria/)'s charm as its scenery and history. Regional dishes are flavorful without being fussy or fancy. Umbria is known for its olive oil, salami, farro, lentils, grilled meats, game birds, chocolate and honey. ## Regional Pasta and Legume ![strangozzi.jpg](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/regional-cuisine-umbria-body-01-1024x539.webp) When it comes to pasta, each region of Italy has its own particular favorites. In Umbria, the native pasta is strangozzi (sometimes called stringozzi). Related to the word ‘strangle,’ it is a rough noodle, long and thick. Castelluccio lentils, are the typical legume, and have been awarded the IGT (Indicazione Geografiche Tipiche). These beans are famous for their delicate taste and tiny size. ## Delicacies of Umbria ![Chianina-filet-feature-740x400-e1409867684439.jpg](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/regional-cuisine-umbria-body-02.webp) Considered a delicacy, Chianini beef is from cattle that have been raised in Umbria for over two millennia. But the king of meats here is the pig – cooked in a wood-fired oven or roasted on a spit. Norcia is famous for pork processing, this is where you will find one of Italy’s best prosciuttos. Umbria’s lakes and rivers mean plenty of fresh fish, too. ## Divine Black Truffles of Norcia ![black-truffle-mushroom-PDAELLT.png](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/regional-cuisine-umbria-body-03.webp) Truffles are underground fungi that grow among the roots of trees. Their season is late October through February, and this alone makes Umbria well worth visiting in wintertime, when truffles adorn grilled meats and pastas and are shaved and grated onto every kind of dish imaginable. Truffles are usually hunted by dogs that can detect their scent even a foot underground. Sometimes pigs are used, but they tend to eat the truffles once they find them! ## Umbrian Wine - Lenticchie di Castelluccio – The most sought-after lentils in Italy, so tender they require no soaking. Look for them in flavorful meat stews featuring anything from rabbit to sausage. - Minestra di farro – spelt soup - Torta al testo con i ciccioli – focaccia bread baked on a stone disk and stuffed with little pieces of pork - Pan nociatio – bread specialty made with pecorino cheese, walnuts and pine nuts - Spaghetti alla Norcina – pasta with black truffle, sausage and cream - Ciaramicola – sweetheart cake - Tozzetti – almond biscotti - Tegamaccio – fresh-water fish stew from the area around Lake Trasimeno - Fagiana all'uva – pheasant cooked with grapes Stay in ## Hand-selected villas in *Umbria* ![Villa Caminata](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/villa-caminata-01-1024x768.jpg) Umbria ### Villa Caminata 6 Beds·6 Baths·12 Guests ![Villa Castiglione](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/villa-castiglione-01-1024x576.jpg) Umbria ### Villa Castiglione 10 Beds·10 Baths·20 Guests ![Villa Molinella](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/villa-molinella-01-1024x576.jpg) Umbria ### Villa Molinella 2 Beds·2 Baths·2 Guests [Browse All Villas](https://villavacations.com/villas/?destination=Umbria) About the author ### Kit Burns Kit Burns is a contributing editor at Doorways. A long-time guidebook writer with deep ties across Italy, Kit covers the practical side of a villa week — the restaurants, the day trips, the places worth driving an hour for. He travels with a notebook, a paper map, and very little else. Travel Guide ## More *stories* ![What to Eat in Lucca, and Where We Eat](https://villavacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/casa-del-fattore-01-1024x683.jpg) Food & Wine · October 26, 2026 ### What to Eat in Lucca, and Where We Eat Food & Wine · October 26, 2026 ### Lucca Wine Country: The Colline Lucchesi and Montecarlo Food & Wine · June 6, 2026 ### Six Italian Cooking Classes That Work for Families (and the Three Things That Make Them Memorable) --- Doorways Villa Vacations, Italian villa specialists since 1994. Book through a travel advisor: https://villavacations.com/contact-us/