 |
|
 |
L'AQUILA
- FOOD
|
Typical produce from Italy
Abruzzo has been for years a land of farmers
and shepherds, devoted to agriculture and cattle-breeding,
that's the reason why the typical produce of
this region is so numerous. It is genuine produce
which, though involved in the industialization
in order to get a better optimization of operation
schedules, is still today produced by a lot
of families for their needs. From salami and
cold pork meats to cheese, from fruit to vegetables,
from unusual cultivations (eg. saffron, spelt
and truffle) to oil, wines, spirits, pasta.
In short, a wide variety of produce which has
kept its traditional features on the whole,
though some changes and improvements have been
made throughout the years. The produce of Abruzzo
always provides you with what it promises to
give you.
|
PURCHASES ONLINE
Typical Products of Abruzzo
|
|
|
|
(Torroni)
L'Aquila, 700 mt |
|
|
|
-
Torroni
Sorelle Nurzia produces Torrone since 1835.
Please browse our site find out more about
our Torrone, of a superior quality capable
of satisfying even the most demanding consumers. |
|
|
|
|
|
(Zafferano - Saffron)
L'Aquila, 700 mt |
|
|
-
Saffron
( Zafferano)
Without any doubts saffron is one of the
most precious among the spices and the saffron
produced in Navelli is considered to be
the best in the world thanks to its qualities.
Gourmets from all over the world appreciate
it for its taste and fragrance; but it also
has healing properties. You get the saffron
from the Crocus Sativus's stigma, i.e. the
violet Saffron flower. The spice's typical
colour is due just to the red stigma of
the saffron flower.
You need about two hundred thousand flowers
to get 1 Kg saffron in threads, that is
the most excellent kind of saffron thanks
to its taste and fragrance, even though
it takes quite a long time to prepare: in
fact, it needs to be toasted and pulverized
or to be soaked in boiling water.
Saffron comes from the Middle East; it was
introduced in Italy by a Dominican friar
around 1300. The cultivation of saffron
spread over Abruzzo and several Italian
areas but today it is cultivated only in
Navelli, the only place in Italy where it
grows with no difficulties.
|
|
|
| |
-
Truffles
Few people know that the truffle is one
of the typical produce from Abruzzo.
Abruzzo is one of the richest in truffles
Italian regions. There are at least 28 varieties:
the white truffle from Vasto represents
the 15% of the production; the black truffle
from L'Aquila and the black truffle from
Teramo represent a third of the production;
the so-called "scorzone" or summer
truffle represents the rest of the production.
The truffles ( tartufi)
from Abruzzo taste strong and smell unmistakable.
Their quality is excellent.
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| Beach
hotels |
| the most beautiful beaches
of Italy in the best hotels |
|
|
|
