Don't miss in Orvieto

This was my favorite meal on our 2009 trip! We are headed back to Orvieto in June 2017 (secretly, it is so I can have that meal again)

Thanks for this tip Susan -- I'm thinking about going in May and glad to have this name! Sounds wonderful.

Thanks, Susan. We're going to be in Orvieto this summer with the Village Italy tour. I can't wait!

Jane - Orvieto is a wonderful & walkable Umbrian hill town - you'll love it! It was in Rick's book that I found the recommendation for this trattoria and for the nidi dish (full name - Nidi di Rondine - means swallow's nests) so maybe the guide will choose del Moro for the group's lunch or dinner. Lucky you!

Here is a link to their recipe. However when I made it, it was tastey, but not it nearly as good as it was in their trattoria. The quality ingredients are just not as readily accessible.
http://www.trattoriadelmoro.info/en/ricette/

Jeanine - so very sad but so very true - not only the ingredients but the pasta trick. I've tried twice to make the nidi using the auntie's ricipe on the website. The trick with the pasta is that it can't be so thin that it won't stand in a circle on the plate, like a nest, but not too thick that it's tough. I have failed both times! And then there's the young pecorino that's so soft, delicate-tasting and sliceable, not the hard as a rock aged salty stuff we get in the US. I have an Italian friend who gives cooking classes nearby and I've asked her to try it. It's my only hope of eating this again without having to buy an airline ticket!! Meanwhile I just look at the photo and drool.

I checked out the recipe, and it looks great. Is it a primo piatto, or a desert?

Definitely not dessert. Could be primo or main dish depending on what else is on the menu. A salad and the nidi would be a full meal IMO.