Pearà

The Pearà, a word from Veneto meaning "flavoured with pepper", is a sauce made with breadcrumbs, Grana cheese, butter or extra-virgin olive oil, broth and plenty of pepper.
Slow and long cooking is the secret to prepare it at best (even 2,3 hours).
This sauce is usually served together with a mix of boiled meat, also called “Lesso”. The diffusion of this sauce is limited to Veneto, above all in the province of Verona.

THE HISTORY
The origins of this dish are unknown; the legend tells chef Alboino, king of Lombards, invented it, as he needed some food to give strength to Rosamunda, the king’s wife, who was starving of death after her father’s assassination. We know for certain that together with boiled meat, Pearà was the main food of poor families. In the second half of 1800, boiled meat, therefore also Pearà, was introduced in the aristocratic’s menu increasing therefore its diffusion and popularity.


La Pearà