Rome, 13 June 2024 – Everything is ready for the dinner of the greatest leaders in the world gathered in Puglia for the G7. The dinner, which will be hosted this evening by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarellawill take place in the splendid setting of Swabian Castle of Brindisi. It was recently reported that the American president Joe Bidenwho landed last night at Brindisi airport, will not sit with the other leaders at dinner since “fatigued” from the busy agenda of the last few days, as we learn from Ansa which cites security sources. Biden, in fact, is on his second European trip in just under a week: the last official visit to Europe was a few days ago in Paris for a bilateral with French President Emmanuel Macron. However, White House sources let it be known that “the dinner was not included in the schedule of presidential commitments”. The latter, however, would be the fourth time that the 81-year-old US president is canceling an official dinner with world leaders, the last of which dates back to 2023 in Hiroshima.
The Swabian castle of Brindisi: location of the first G7 dinner
The location of the dinner
The Swabian castle of Brindisi is the most important and ancient in the city. Born in 1227 at the behest of Frederick II as a fortified residence. According to initial rumours, the G7 leaders, their staff, and diplomats will be served in three separate rooms.
The menu
Already from this evening the greats of the world will be able to taste the creations of the star chef Massimo Bottura, owner of the Osteria Francescana. The inaugural dinner is ‘dedicated’ to the South. It starts with breadsticks made with Tuscan extra virgin olive oil and bubbles. Each region will make its contribution: tomato and toasted bread ice cream with crunchy bread and gold leaf from Campania and, to follow, Adriatic fish soup, directly from the Venice lagoon, with mussels, razor clams and blue crab cooked in a steam oven , clams, red prawns, aromatic herbs. Next with a risotto with Sardinian blue lobster, sea bass and citrus fruit base and the Sorrento lemon tart, Calabrian bergamots, Noto almonds. All washed down with Ferrari, Torre Rosazza Friulano Friuli Colli Orientali Doc 2021, Jermann Vintage Tunina Venezia Giulia Igt 2022, Masciarelli Marina Cvetic Trebbiano d’Abruzzo Doc Riserva 2022, Marisa Cuomo Fiorduva Furore della Costiera, Marchesi Antinori Tignanello Toscana Igt 2021, Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova 2019 as well as a Chianti Classico Riserva, the Boschetto Campacci Ruello 2020, passito di Pantellaria Donnafugata Ben rye’ 2022.
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Chef Bottura in the kitchen at the G7. Tortellini and Lambrusco protagonists
