For 4 servings:

300 grs large size macaroni, 300 grs hashed pork meat, 150 grs peeled crumbled sausage, 100 grs hashed salami, olive oil, 2 minced hard-boiled eggs, grated pecorino (sheep) cheese, salt and pepper.

In a pan brown the sausage with 4 tablespoons olive oil; when the fat will have been lost, add the pork meat and the salami, season, pepper and cook on a mild fire, stirring and adding some warm water.
In the meantime, boil the macaroni in plenty of salted water with 3 tablespoons olive oil, drain still underdone.
Drain the meats from the juices, and mix with the eggs; fill the macaroni with this dough, put in layers in a greased baking tray and sprinkle with the meats juices and pecorino cheese. Bake at 230°c for 20 minutes and serve.

The pork meats taste of the stuffing needs a red like a Canaiolo or the Cerasuolo d Abruzzo or even the Cerasuolo del Morrone rosè.

Maiale alla Teramana (Pork stew Teramo style)

For 4 servings:

1 kg pork ( muzzle, feet, skins, ears, ribs), vinegar, 2 laurel leaves, 2 garlic cloves, 1 hot red chilli, 1 rosemary twig, salt, sliced home-made bread.

Soak the meats for 12 hours in cold water with 4 tablespoons vinegar, drain, cut in pieces and put in a crock with laurel, garlic, chilli and rosemary; cover with water, add salt and boil covered on a mild fire for 4 hours. Servew the meats with some broth and the home bread.

The suggested wines are young reds like a Montepulciano d Abruzzo or a Val Peligna rosso or the Torgiano.

Tiramisu (lit. Pick me up)

For 6 servings:

400 grs Savoy biscuits, 500 grs Mascarpone soft cheese, 6 cups bitter coffee, port or sherry cream, 4 eggs, 20 grs sugar, coffee powder,

In a rectangular pan put a layer of Savoy biscuits soaked in the liqueur, whip the albumens to prepare the cream. Aside beat the yolks with sugar and mascarpone, then add the whipped albumens, stirring. Spread some cream on the biscuits layer, put a second layer of biscuits soaked in the bitter coffee. Spread the remaining cream and sprinkle with the coffee powder, keep in fridge.

The creamy taste can be matched by a sweet sparkling wine like a Moscato del Molise or the Vino cotto delle Marche or even a Sagrantino passito di Montefalco