As a work of art that strikes particularly, this time is the Guanciale (jowl bacon) - La Cinta di Guido to leave us astound. A harsh comparison someone should say, but if you think about it deeply the gastronomy world and art have in common more than you would ever imagine. Both of them have the power to evoke sensation, move, and at the same time so succeed in this task skills, study, knowledge and why not a certain natural predisposition are needed, Someone may not agree, but we believe that food is a means through which transmitting messages and feelings, and isn’t this the aim of art itself?

The bacon, or smoked pancetta, is a product born in England and mainly spread in the North European countries and the US, where it is a must especially for the breakfast. Italy has all the characteristics to be a first level producer of this specialty, that is to say tradition and skills in the cold cuts making (particularly many different kind of pancetta), but at the same time a great smoking art tradition. The Fratelli Billo have seized the opportunity to insert a non common, but certainly tasty and high quality, specialty in the other Italian companies within their catalogue. Indeed the light smoking makes the Pancetta affumicata nostrana (bacon) - Fratelli Billo fit not only for the classic English breakfast and as a part of an homemade hamburger, but also a good cold cut plate or an ingredient for adding a fumé note to a pasta.

La Cinta di Guido stuff has just arrived to our stock, directly from Tuscany. Cold cuts like Guanciale (jowl bacon) - La Cinta di Guido, Rigatino di Cinta Senese - La Cinta di Guido, finocchiona are produced with the meats of free range Cinta Senese black pigs, which are grown and nourish themselves in the middle of the marvelous Tuscan countryside. Also the new 2018 vintage of Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Novo Frantoio - La Cinta di Guido is now available, a Tuscan evo oil made in a traditional olive oil mill, extracting the best from Guido’s tuscan olive trees.

Someone could define it a risk, from our point of view we can say that this is a dish conceived following a balance created by the contrasts between the ingredients flavors: The Amatriciana monkfish. Using the right products creativity is exalted: daily fresh fish accompanied by the multiple times rewarded San Marzano tomatoes DOP - Agrigenus, the Guanciale (jowl bacon) - La Cinta di Guido made by our friend and small artisanal producer La Cinta di Guido, Pecorino romano DOP and finally a toasted slice of organic spelt bread. The result is an explosion of tastes, possible thanks to a reinterpretation of a classic recipe of the Italian cuisine and the use of the best Italian products.

What's better than a mixed platter of selected high quality cold cuts to start your Christmas lunch? We're going to suggest you the best among the Italian cold cuts to give you and you family or friends an unforgettable taste experience. Salame punta di coltello - Salumificio Lovison: 100% no GMO Firulian pork meats, secret mix of natural spices, hand chopping of the meat in 2cm square pieces and then a 3 months seasoning. The result is a salami with rough grain that will exalt and make you feel the real taste of the meats. Prosciutto San Daniele DOP (raw ham) on piece - Il Camarin: "Il Camarin" is a small artisanal reality that produces only few thousands of pieces per year, these are very accurately selected and then most of them are destined to the selling to the finest butcheries and high restaurants. We're talking about raw hams endowed with exceptional piebald marking and aging, that distinguish themselves for their sweetness that can be guaranteed only by a well measured use of salt. Guanciale (jowl bacon) - La Cinta di Guido: it is made from the meat of an indigenous breed of pigs, the so-called Cinta Senese. The meat of these pigs is much tastier than of the other races, as in the rearing and feeding of these animals, great emphasis is placed on high-quality forage. The fat is less consistent and more fluid, so more pleasant at the palate, this allows the cold cuts obtained to have a faster spread of the aromas used for spicing it, assuring the product optimal aromatic characteristics. CULATELLO DI ZIBELLO DOP ORO SPIGAROLI - SLOW FOOD- GOLD: an institution in the Italian gastronomic culture. Words aren't enough to describe such a masterpiece, just try it.

If you have ever visited central Italy it's impossibile that you haven't come across a a shop or food truck selling a magnificent sandwich with Porchetta. It is difficult to establish precisely the year of the born of this product, but it was surely invented before the Romans. This recipe has reached its highest expression in a small village in the province of Rome called Ariccia, that nowadays, thanks to this gastronomic excellence, has an important place in the most famous culinary guides and books. What mainly characterizes the Porchetta di Ariccia IGP is the awsome crunchiness of the bacon rind, obtained thanks to a precise cooking. The meats used come exclusively from porks born, bred and butchered in Italy and are perfectly balanced in a 70-30% proportion between the thin and the fat parts. It is season using only products cultivated in Italy as rosemary, garlic, fennel seeds, finally a lot of black pepper and good sea salt. All the Ariccia porchetta producers would agree that the best way to appreciate this product is a simple sandwich, in this case "less is more". So we're giving you our personal recipe: sandwich with Porchetta di Ariccia IGP, argula and home made mayonnaise. Firstly toast 2 slices of a good Stonebaked organic Pugliese type bread - Forno Astori. Meanwhile in a mixer put two eggs and turn on the mixer adding the seeds oil little by little. When the mayonnaise will be beaten add some Sicilian lemons Verdelli juice and season with some salt (and a touch of mustard too if you like it). Put the mayonnaise on the lower slice of bread, then the arugula and finally abundant porchetta. With this sandwich we recommend to drink a decise character beer like OI Beer.

Have you ever tried Smoked Buffalo Provola from Battipaglia - Caseificio Esposito? It is a typical Italian cheese made in Campana from buffalo milk, the process is the same as the buffalo mozzarella one but it ends with a final smoking. The result is an awesome buffalo mozzarella with a final smoked touch which gives it a taste you will immediately fell in love with. It can be eaten as an appetizer natural as it is or you can combine it in your recipes, the smoked buffalo provola sides particularly well with sausage, guanciale or pancetta (#bacon) and with potatoes too. If simply take a pan a put together potatoes, smoked provola and pieces of sausage an cook in the oven it will truly amaze you!

If you want to make a really successful Italian pizza you need to start from real Italian good quality ingredients. For the dough try the Tumminia Biologic Semiwhole Flour Stone Milled - Az. Agricola Fastuchera to give an exceptional aroma (only as an addition, because as a main flour this type only is not enough "strong" to levitate as a pizza), the real artisanal Campania buffalo mozzarella Aversana type buffalo mozzarella di Bufala Campana aus Battipaglia - Caseificio Esposito or the Apulian Mozzarella Fiordilatte - Caseificio Voglia di Latte. You can't do it without San Marzano tomatoes DOP - Agrigenus a real DOP, an excellence which has been awarded as the best San Marzano tomato and the Sicilian oregano in the bunch - Az. Agr. Balducco Fulgatore is fundamental too Also the other ingredients are important, we're suggesting you some pairings: -Pizza with Smoked Buffalo Provola from Battipaglia - Caseificio Esposito, potatoes and Guanciale (jowl bacon) - La Cinta di Guido. -Pizza with San Marzano tomatoes DOP - Agrigenus, Aversana type buffalo mozzarella di Bufala Campana aus Battipaglia - Caseificio Esposito and after the cooking add Apulian Stracciatella - Caseificio Voglia di Latte and 1/2 boneless San Daniele DOP raw ham - Il Camarin. -Pizza with San Marzano tomatoes DOP - Agrigenus, Aversana type buffalo mozzarella di Bufala Campana aus Battipaglia - Caseificio Esposito, Gorgonzola DOP and 'Nduja of black calabrian pig - Consorzio Nero di Calabria.

When it's dealing with Italy's culinary traditions, you have always to give an important position to the 3 typical Roman pasta: Amatriciana (Gricia too, which is Amatriciana ancestor), Carbonara, Cacio e Pepe. Today we're giving you Pasta alla Carbonara recipe, which origin dates back to the world war two when american soldiers traditional breakfast (eggs and bacon) was mixed with pasta using Italian ingredients and touch discovering this incredible bond of tastes. Ingredients: 400 g of spaghetti Cavalieri, 5 egg yolks 150 g of guanciale - La Cinta di Guido; 100 g of grated Roman Pecorino; black pepper ground at the moment and salt. Unite the egg yolks with the grated pecorino and black pepper (be generous) mix them making a dense cream. Stir fry the guanciale cut into small cubes until it will be crispy (also adding to the cream a little of the fat released by the guanciale to give more flavor). Boil the pasta in salted water, when spaghetti will be cooked "al dente", drain them and amalgamate in a bowl with the cream and guanciale, add a final touch of black pepper and serve it well hot.