Tuscany and Sicily slow food pairing
Hand cut 24 months ripened Prociutto Toscano from Antica Macelleria Nutini (Lucca) who carefully selects the right pigs. These semi wild pigs live in the Garfagnana hills above Lucca and grow upto 250 kilograms before the hams are lightly seasons.
A great bite of meat, of pure meat where seasoning is added just for the ripening process, not for the overwhelming peppers covering up the true taste.
An extremely powerful combination when eaten together with the very milky organic black pepper sheep cheese Piccantino del Belice from Zootecnica Filippo Palazzolo in Sicily. It's pure and earthy creaminess is contrasting so well with the tuscan ham.
Did somebody say wine?
What you would need here is a light bodied and young Merlot o Sangiovese. The ham and cheese are powerful and need to be accompanied by a wine used to those tasting notes. Not washing them away, nor trying to make you want to drink more wine, but the perfect juicy wine that makes you want to eat more prosciutto and pecorino.
maandag 22 januari 2018
Where to buy good olive oil?
Posted on Jan 22, 2018
It has become a tricky business, the EVO business. Extra Vergine d'Oliva olive oil, once an Italian artisanal patrimony, now taken over by traders and industry. Or is there some positive news? Yes there is.
It has become a tricky business, the EVO business. Extra Vergine d'Oliva olive oil, once an Italian artisanal patrimony, now taken over by traders and industry. Or is there some positive news? Yes there is.
Where to buy good olive oil?
It has become a tricky business, the EVO business. Extra Vergine d'Oliva olive oil, once an Italian artisanal patrimony, now taken over by traders and industry. Or is there some positive news? Yes there is.
zondag 21 januari 2018
Italian hazelnut porter beer
Posted on Jan 18, 2018
Another great find of the 2018 Amsterdam Bellavita Expo was this craft beer from Milan.
Although this company, founded by a group of beer brewing enthousiasts, has grown to be a serious business, the craftmenship is still the same as back in 1996 when they were one of the first new style micro breweries of Italy. Way before this whole craftbeer trend.
