Chef Stefano Masanti (Il Cantinone, Madesimo)

In Valtellina, in the Alps almost three hours away from Milan, we meet Stefano Masanti, chef and owner of the IL CANTINONE, restaurant in Madesimo. Cooking in the mountains, at 1,600 meters above sea level, is not easy. He is a chef committed to recovering the gastronomic traditions and products of his Alpine valleys: goat meat, cheeses, medicinal herbs, roots. However, his cuisine is [...]

The goat Violino

The first time I "saw" someone playing the goat violino, it was in the hands of my friend Stefano Masanti, patron and chef of Il Cantinone Restaurant in Madesimo. Violin? Goat? Let's put some order to learn about this gourmet rarity, produced in Valchiavenna, a small alpine valley in North Como. Throughout the Alps there are different methods of preserving meat based on dehydration: [...]