Name White Truffel of Alba Seal of quality Prodotto agroalimentare tradizionale (PAT) / Typical Food Farming Product. Description The White truffels are non-cultivable underground mushrooms that grow in mycorrhizic symbiosis with specific arboreous trees such as: the English Oak (Quercus robur) Turkey oak (Q. cerris) oak (Q. petraea) Downy Oak (Q. pubescens) black poplar (Populus…
Tag: Prodotti tipici
Genola Quaquare
Name Genola Quaquare Seal of quality Prodotto Agroalimentare Tradizionale (PAT) – Typical Food Farming Product. Updated list of traditional Piedmontese food farming products. Description Quaquare are heart-shaped biscuits, a name in dialect meaning May bugs, beetles that once invaded the countrysides, and, according to some, these biscuits recall the shape of these beetles. According to…
Maize Biscuits
Name Maize Biscuits Seal of quality Prodotto Agroalimentare Tradizionale (PAT) / Typical food-farming product. Updated list of traditional Piedmontese Food Farming Products. Description Meliga pastries are typical biscuits of the Cuneo valleys. Each golden coloured biscuit weighs 10 – 12 grams, is crunchy, sweet and the various shapes depend on the local tradition. For the…
Mustaccioli
Name Mustaccioli Seal of quality Prodotto Agroalimentare Tradizionale (PAT) / Typical food-farming product. Updated list of traditional Piedmontese food farming products. Description Mustaccioli are rhomboidal-shaped biscuits, of a pale violet colour, with a taste of wine and spices. For the preparation of the Mustaccioli, you will need 2.2 kg flour, 2 kg sugar, 1 l…
Genepì
Name Genepì Occitan Seal of quality Prodotto Agroalimentare Tradizionale (PAT) / Typical food-farming product. Description The plant Genepì belongs botanically to the “Artemisia”, which numbers over 200 species of this plant; Artemisia genipì and Artemisia mutellina are two of the most acclaimed species used for the production of Genepì. Artemisia genipì , also known as…
Cherasco Snails of the Plains
Name Cherasco Snails of the Plains Seal of quality Typical food-farming product (PAT) Description Snails raised on farms on the plains and hillsides of the Cuneo and Piedmont region. Of the Helix Pomatia and Helix Aspersa varieties, they are raised according to a complete biological cycle on free terrain in the open air, with totally…
Golden Hump Tench from the Pianalto of Poirino
Name Golden Hump Tench from the Pianalto of Poirino Seal of quality D.O.P. European Commission Regulation 160/08, published in the Official Gazzette of the European Union on 21/02/2008 Description The full denomination “Tinca gobba dorata del Pianalto di Poirino”, is used to distinguish the versions, in the fresh state of the Tench fish variety (Tinca…
White Saluzzo Hen, Light Bionda Piemontese Hen
Name White Saluzzo Hen, Light Bionda Piemontese Hen Seal of quality Typical food-farming product (PAT). Slow food Description White, Saluzzo Hen A small-medium sized hen with a red crest consisting of 4-6 teeth, which are erect in the cock and hanging in the female. The jowls and cheeks are red, while the peak if…
Bra Sausage
Name Bra Sausage Seal of quality Prodotto agroalimentare tradizionale (PAT) / Typical Food Farming Product. Description The mixture for the preparation of Salsiccia di Bra has to consist of bovine meat cuts such as veal belly, shoulder or other veal cuts provided that the fat has been removed, mixed with pork underbelly at a ratio…
Salame Cotto Cuneo
Name Salame Cotto Cuneo Seal of quality Prodotto Agroalimentare Tradizionale (PAT) / Typical food-farming product. Application for PDO (Designation of Protected Origin) status has been opened at the MIPAF. Description Of a straight cylindrical or “bean” shape in two types according to the calibre and the casing used: small (from 0.2 to 0.5 kg )…