What does that have to do with it bagna cauda with Pope francesco? You must know how great the emigration was from Piedmont in Argentina and that there are many Piedmontese dishes popular in the South American country among third and fourth generation immigrants and in Argentine cuisine in general.

In Carlo Petrini’s book-interview, Terrafutura. Dialogues with Pope Francis on integral ecology in 2020, Pope Bergoglio he remembers the lunches of his youth in a community of Piedmontese immigrants.

While on working days we ate almost exclusively there polentaon holidays the bagna cauda reigned which in Argentina ended up becoming the «Italian Sunday lunch dish, known by the name of baña cauda. In a further Argentine elaboration, baña cauda is also poured over the agnolotti (ravioles) or on Milanese steak. Discover the recipe.