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carpione

Lake Garda's 'trout'

A tasty fish (Salmo carpio) unique to Lake Garda (attempts to stock it in other lakes have always failed). In the Renaissance it gave its name to the in carpione method of serving fish.

Fish & Seafood

Veneto

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Image by Domenico Collini