Summer Flavors: Wild Sicilian Oregano 🌿☀️
Summer flavors certainly cannot include oregano, one of the quintessential Mediterranean herbs perfect for enhancing local seasonal ingredients such as tomatoes.
It is harvested in different parts of Italy, the Sicilian one is certainly among the most valuable and intense thanks to the constant sunshine and climatic conditions of the island perfect for this species.
We propose the one from the Tararà farm, from the Agrigento area.
Here after harvesting between June and August, the oregano twigs are gathered in bunches and put to dry naturally thanks to the naturally dry and windy Sicilian climate.
The farm prides itself on using traditional farming methods, while updating on innovative methods but with constant attention to maintaining techniques that are non-invasive to the soil, free of the use of chemicals.
The addition of Tararà Sicilian oregano will give an aromatic boost that will level up all your preparations: from the most elaborate recipes to a simple tomato salad, it is indeed the simplest dishes that benefit most from the contribution of this wonderful aromatic herb. Articolo - 31/07/2024 - http://www.onlyitalianproducts.us/ ( Network O.I.P. )
Friulian Wines: Simon di Brazzan's Dedication to the Territory
"To Understand How Wine is Produced You Have to Look Under the Ground."
We were greeted with these words by Daniele Drius, who directs Simon di Brazzan at the winemaking level and personally tends the vineyard, and whose explanation convinced us by competence and touched us by sincere dedication.
We are talking about a philosophy that comes from a path of conversion to agriculture that is as natural as possible, resulting in excellent results by the glass, but which starts from a genuine feeling of attachment and care for one's territory.
Because when it comes to wine it always starts from there, from the land: "I realized that I was killing the soil," so says Daniele verbatim.
"After becoming aware of the need for change, I studied and got help from the best in the business like Josko (Gravner)."
A transformation that cost a lot, both in terms of effort and economically since the shift to farming as naturally as possible, for example through the use of practices such as green manure, meant sacrificing some production and significantly lower yields.
Today the winery is convinced and firmly believes in its work, in the same way we ourselves were won over by the genuineness of the project and the resulting wines.
Precise, clean flavors that leave room for the aromatic typicality of local grape varieties such as Friulano, Malvasia and Pinot Grigio without constructed exasperations, especially in the base line.
In the reserves named as "Tradizion," importance and prominence is also given to the area's historic winemaking method and part of the cultural baggage of Friulian enology, namely maceration.
In fact, the two grape varieties (Friulano and Pinot Grigio) express themselves with great results with the right amount of soaking on the skins, acquiring aromatic depth and oxidative notes that are perfectly integrated into the aromatic spectrum.
Personally, I was thrilled in particular by Simon Tradizion's Blanc: notes of dried fruit, honey and an uncommon persistence, without, however, trespassing on the withering sensation, so as to maintain a surprising drinkability. Articolo - 08/07/2024 - http://www.onlyitalianproducts.us/ ( Network O.I.P. )
Salsa per Amatori is Tomato Puree Produced According to an all-Calabrian Processing Method 🥫
Tomatoes of excellent quality, grown in the open field, carefully selected and processed within hours of harvesting, passed through a wide-weave sieve capable of removing seeds and skins, but at the same time useful to ensure a full-bodied and more flavorful cut.
Not only Brought to cooking at low temperature and in a very slow way to preserve the organoleptic characteristics and a high density.
Any process of concentration is excluded; the high quality of the raw material allows avoiding the use of citric acid and added salt.
Crispino's production is not only sauces, but also ready-made sauces, from recipes rooted in the gastronomic heritage of Calabria, raw materials selected and processed from fresh.
Italian tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, natural flavorings.
Absence of tomato paste and added sugar, no dyes or preservatives.
A wide variety of sauces capable of quickly enhancing pasta dishes,making them intense, delicious and delicious, but above all genuine.
Like any self-respecting Calabrian producer, Famiglia Crispino also produces preserves in oil typical of the region.
Eggplants, Chillies and Olives are the products at the base of these specialties, these Calabrian agricultural excellences, first end up in the hands of Master canners who keep the secrets of ancient recipes.
Strong flavors,absence of preservatives and dyes: these are the elements that characterize Crispino's tasty appetizers. Articolo - 20/06/2024 - http://www.onlyitalianproducts.us/ ( Network O.I.P. )