Venetian moeche

Moeche have arrived!

Soft, delicious and rare, in fact it is possible to find them only at the beginning of fall and spring.

So if you want to visit the Venice in this period, you will be the lucky one to try this amazing traditional food.

Do you know what moeche are?

They are crabs, that live all year round in the Venetian lagoon but they become “moeca” only for few weeks.

In the first days of fall and spring, the crabs moult, leaving their old shell and building a new one, solid and bigger, to allow them to grow. In those days, before the shell starts to grow, the small lagoon crabs are soft and without the shell, perfect as an aperitif.

Preparing them is very easy: just a little flour and oil for frying.

We feasted on with moeche, breaded sardines and Prosecco wine!