How to store cured meats
Cured meats are loved by every Italian, but knowing how to store them is key in order to enjoy them longer and better.
The Cultivation of Capers
The cultivation of capers has ancient origins: it was born between North Africa and the Middle East and there are traces of it in the Bible, but also in the writings of Hippocrates, Aristotle and Pliny the Elder. Photo Credit: Wikipedia It is a resistant plant, able...
Seasonings for Pasta
Seasonings for pasta are very important in order to add flavor…Many seasonings are used in Italian recipes and they usually are dried herbs and spices, sometimes even powder or vegetables like garlic. Photo Credit: PxHere Pasta is a classic Italian dish that is...
Garlic Braid
Photo credit: Flickr The weaving process of the white Garlic braid in Piacenza (Emilia Region) is a heritage passing from father and son (or better from mother and daughter). Garlic bulbs are extracted from the ground with the help of your hands, or at most with a...
Parmesan Cheese vs Parmigiano Reggiano
There are cheeses labeled as “Parmesan” that might be genuine Parmigiano Reggiano, but it’s more likely for them to be just an imitation, in this post we show you why and what you can do to differentiate the two.
Balsamic Vinegar History
Balsamic Vinegar is now used as a condiment for many dishes, but the birth of this black gold originates from ancient times when Romans used it as a medicine.
Senatore Cappelli pasta: discover an ancient tradition
Senatore Cappelli pasta is made of ancient wheat which makes it full of better properties and nutritional values, plus it’s totally organic.
Capers on the ancient Roman Aurelian walls
Caper is a wild plant, stunning and amazingly fragranced. Did you know Italian capers used to grow on the Roman Aurelian walls and still do? These walls are almost 13k long, have protected “the eternal city” for centuries
Buffalo Milk Reduces the Formation of Metastases
A study of the National Institute for Tumors, directed by Professor Vicenzo Iaffaioli, shows that Buffalo milk reduces the formation of metastases and the growth of tumor cells.
Say CHEESE, see CHEESE, eat CHEESE
The annual CHEESE Fair in Bra, 20th of September: One weekend filled with exciting food offers all around our all-time favorite dairy product: Cheese. This year’s approach is all about natural and green processing.
PROMO FLASH: Carasau Bread 250gr reduced to 50%
Until 12.00 pm of tomorrow, you could buy our delicious Carasau Bread (250 gr) reduced to 50%, € 5 instead of € 10.90! This offer is valid only in the UK market.
Hot Sauce Kit Viagrò + Ortoboom hot sauces
Hot Sauce Kit Viagrò + Ortoboom hot sauces is an artisan product made in Italy dedicated to its “majesty” the chili pepper, which in Calabria, in southern Italy, believe that it has aphrodisiac properties. The recipe for these sauces is created to spice-up everyday pasta, pizza, soups, bruschetta, sauces and grilled meats.
Nduja: the king of Calabria region
Nduja is one of the most famous products of the culinary tradition of Calabria, southern Italy. It is a smoky salami characterized by a soft and creamy consistency and a very spicy flavor due to the presence of Calabrian hot chili pepper that gives it a dark red color.
Pasta Kit Penne pasta with Arrabbiata sauce
Pasta Kit Penne pasta with Arrabbiata sauce by Pegaso Alimentari is an artisan product made in Italy that is perfect as a gift and it is really easy to cook. The kit contains 250g of Penne Pasta, 170 g of Arrabbiata sauce and a wooden fork.
Do you know how many types of Pasta exist?
Today over 300 types of pasta consumed in Italy and they can be classified as dry and fresh pasta (full or holed), short, fine, smooth, striped. The innumerable type of pasta can be distinguished by dough, shape, surface and the possible presence of the...
Christmas Panettone
Panettone is one of the best-known sweet of the culinary tradition of Italian cuisine, that never misses on the tables during the Christmas period.
Maina Christmas Panettone
Maina Panettone contains candied orange, citron, lemon zest, and raisins. In Italy it is served in slices, vertically cut, accompanied with sweet hot beverages or a sweet wine, and it is served with mascarpone cream, made from mascarpone cheese, eggs, sometimes dried or candied fruits, and typically a sweet liqueur such as Amaretto.
Parmesan Cheese
Parmesan or Parmigiano Reggiano is a PDO cheese products that comes from the area of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena and Mantova in Italy.
Sauces for Cheese
With their spicy or sweetness, the “senapate” sauce (or sauces for cheeses), will give a touch of color and more flavor to each dish, especially if you join them with seasoned cheeses, typical cured meat and meat dishes.
Sbrisolona Cake
With the first recipe dating back to 600 BC and handed down from generation to generation, the Sbrisolona cake has become the symbol of the city of Mantua, in Lombardy. Over the years the recipe has undergone some changes: the hazelnuts have been replaced by almonds, the yellow flour by the white flour and the lard by the butter.
Cheese Sauces Gift Box (fig, apple, pear)
Fieschi 1867 mustard sauces are made using the traditional craft methods, they contain 80% of fruits and they do not contain coloring. The MiniSfizi Gift Box contains 1 fig sauce (48 gr), 1 applesauce (48 gr) and 1 pear sauce (48 gr), all these sauce are perfect to create many combinations that will transform a simple cheese, meat or cold cuts plate into a delicious meal.
Sweet-and-sour baby Onions
Sweet and Sour Onions by Azienda Agricola Cesare Bertoia are a really tasty idea to be brought to the table all year long, as a hot garnish of meat dishes in winter and served as an aperitif during summer.
Carasau Bread
Carasau bread is a type of bread, perhaps the oldest, whose origins are very ancient, and has always been part of the Sardinian culinary tradition.
Ligurian Pesto Sauce
Pesto is a typical sauce of the Liguria region. This world-famous sauce for its green color and for its taste and it is included among the Traditional Ligurian Food Products (PATs). It is made with fresh basil, salt, pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan cheese, Sardinian Fiore cheese and extra virgin olive oil.
Fusilli Pasta
Fusilli are a type of short pasta popularly known and appreciated in Italy because they are suitable for any sauce, from the simplest to the most elaborate and rich. They are curled on themselves and their origins are very ancient and come from the southern Italy.
Fusilli Gluten Free Rummo
Gluten Free Fusilli Rummo are made with wholemeal rice, white corn, and yellow corn and they are perfect to enhance every sauce.
Toma Biellese Cheese
Toma Biellese cheese is a certified PDO product from Piedmont. It is produced with whole or partially decapitated whole vaccine milk. It is used in many typical Piedmontese recipes.
Gluten Free Hamper
An accurate selection of high-quality gluten-free products: from coffee to chocolates, candy, and biscuits: to satisfy everyone’s tastes.
Cacciatore Salami P.D.O.
Cacciatore Salami according to the Italian tradition was once the hunter’s meal during the hunting trips. It is a P.D.O product and it is protected and valued by the Italian Consortium Cacciatore.
Italian Truffle: a gold mine
Italian Truffle over the years has become increasingly expensive. Especially this year, due to the over-hot summer and the scarce and little abundant summer rains.
Chestnuts: P.D.O. and P.G.I. food products
Chestnut is a typical Italian autumn fruit, perfect for making sweets, creams and first courses.
Sardinian Carasau Bread
Carasau bread is a typical Sardinian bread, it looks like a very thin and crunchy round leaf and is considered one of the oldest bread types in the world. It could be eaten naturally, or wet with water to be eaten more easily with cured meat and cheeses.
Pearls of Blasamic Vinegar of Modena
Pearls of Balsamic Vinegar are small spheres of soft consistency of balsamic vinegar of Modena, perfect to decorate any recipes, with their color and their elegance.
Classic short Breadsticks Macoritti
Crispy breadsticks with only extra virgin olive oil, perfect for snacks or aperitifs.
High Quality Vercelli Italian Rice IdeaRiso
Giant Vercelli is an ancient type of rice that is considered as a historical variety. With its great quality grain, it is perfect for the preparation of risotto according to Italian tradition.
Vegan and Bio Food Hamper Bertoia
Vegan and Bio Food Hamper Bertoia contains 7 products (creams, sauces, vegetables in oil and sweet&sour vegetables) to make more tasty and colorful your appetizers!
Sua Maestà Balsamic Vinegar
Parmigiano Reggiano “Solo Bruna”
Laudemio Tuscany Oil
Taralli bread snack
Marie Ange di Costa Chocol
