The Conspiracy at the Castle presents Archeofood

The food experience opens at the Castle of the Knights of Malta during a special Renaissance dinner.

In the splendid setting of the Castle of the Knights of Malta in Magione, a traditional theatrical show was held evoking the Conspiracy at the Castello during the time of Cesare Borgia. The Renaissance revisitation, between intrigue and power struggles, was enhanced by a rich culinary experience offered by Archeo Food. For this edition of the conspiracy, a menu was created to highlight the excellences of the Umbrian territory: the haricot (a little bean), the oil, the perch, the tench and the queen of Lake Trasimeno, the carp. The reputation of the carp, a gastronimically difficult fish, was completely overridden. The particular elaboration of this fish, taken from a Venetin recipe dating from the 15thcentury, amazed everyone for its excellent complexity of flavour& texture so much so that it was impossible to distinguish whether it was fish or meat based. The gastronomic performance was conceived and set up exclusively for this edition of the Conspiracy and therefore constitutes a unicum difficult to replicate, given that each year the choice of flavours to “put on stage” changes. The DOP Umbria extra virgin olive oil, Dolce Agogia del Trasimeno, used on all the plates to unite the “ancient flavours”, generated a sort of thread of identity among the places of the Conspiracy, creating a memorable gustatory experience.
Furthermore, the introduction of the “succussù”, our modern day cous cous, the semolina pasta imported into the West by the Arabs, was by far the most innovative part of the menu. For dessert, cooked must was the protagonist, an ancient sweetener also used in chutneys. The guests also savoured a waffle made with must with cherry compote and spiced mascarpone with cream.
Magione therefore knew how to tell its story also through the history of food.