In every kitchen not only the quality of the main ingredient is important, but also the other siding and flavoring elements’s. The last ones are the leitmotiv of almost every recipes, as a consequence the choice of those should be very careful. Today, about this, we’re introducing you the red garlic from Nubia and the Sicilian oregano in bunches - Az. Agr. Balducco Fulgatore, from the Sicilian Agricultural Company Balducco Fulgatore, which follows eco-sustainable methods in the respect of the environment The first one is a slow food praesidium, well known both for the delicate and non-invasive aroma and the exceptional organoleptic properties; the second one is very similar to a bouquet, endowed with an intense aroma due to the slow and natural drying under the Sicilian sun. Few elements at an affordable price that will make a change in your kitchen, moreover they’re really good rustic style decoration elements.

Sometimes we forgot how much spices or aromatic herbs can change the perfume and taste of a recipe, giving them an extra touch that make them perfectly balanced. So the choice of these ingredients must be careful and informed, as for the Sicilian oregano in the bunch - Az. Agr. Balducco Fulgatore ours come from the Sicilian fields, where it is dried naturally under the sunlight that envelops the island all year long. The oregano is picked up by hand and than separated into bunches, in oder not only to make it keep totally its intense aromaticity caused by the microclimate and the marine air , but at the same time so that it can be a perfect decoration for your kitchen. Ideal after the cooking in the mediterranean recipes both on meat and fish and on pizza. Sicilian Oregano

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.

Today fresh Red garlic from Nubia and Sicilian oregano in the bunch - Az. Agr. Balducco Fulgatore has just arrived picked up by our trusted farmer Bartolo of the Agricultural Company Balducco Fulgatore in Nubia (Sicily). Red garlic from Nubia is a variety characterized by an intense red color on the outside and an Allicin content over the average. This last substance is responsible for the garlic pharmacological properties and moreover it gives the typical aroma and intense taste. In fact the red garlic contrasts the development of some bacterias, it helps preventing cardiovascular diseases, regulates the arteries pressure and favorites the lowering of cholesterol percentage in blood. The red garlic from Nubia, thanks to the high content of allicin, contains the peculiarities of this product in a larger quantity than the other kind of garlic from other territories, fro this reason the concession of the PDO certificate is in progress.

Today we are going to tell you an ancient story from the south Italy, the freselle story. The freselle or friselle origin dates back to the XIV century as a true popular food, in fact at first they were only slices of stale bread which we're cooked in the oven again to toast and then when they got dampened with some current water they become ready again to be eaten sided with fresh vegetables. Freselle were also known as the sailor's food, in fact as sailors had to face long voyage, so the friselle were adapt as they never go bad because they can't dry out. Freselle are a typical summer recipe as they're quick, simple, they don't contain fats and they are garnished with fresh vegetables and other ingredients like anchovies or mozzarella, so, her's our recipe. Ingredients: 4 freselle, 6 leaves of basil, 1 red garlic clove, 400 g of cherry tomatoes, 30 g of ancovy filets under oil, extra virgin olive oil, oregano, salt. Dumped the freselle with cold water and cut the cherry tomatoes into small pieces. Put the cut tomatoes in a bowl seasoning them with the EVO oil, salt, oregano, Cut the anchovy filets into small pieces and put them with the tomatoes salad adding also half of the garlic clove after having squashed it and the basil leaves broken into pieces by hand (if you used the knife they would get back) and finally season with salt. Mix all together to amalgamate well the ingredients and put them on the friselle. Why don't eat freselle with a fresh Campania buffalo mozzarella? You'll have an exceptional combination for you fresh summer meals.

If after some day your fresh red tuna it is not as fresh as it has arrived and there are still some left-overs don't worry, we have the right recipe for you. We're talking about pasta with tuna, purely mediterranean style pasta dish with capers,cherry tomatoes, almonds and olives, this recipe will bring you all the tastes and freshness of the mediterranean diet in a quick, simple but very tasty and genuine recipe Ingredients: 400g of Paccheri - Pasta Bossolasco; 200g of Sicilian red tuna, salted Sicilian capers; 200g of cherry tomatoes; 3 spoons of chopped taggiasche olives; toasted Sicilian almonds, Italian extra virgin olive oil and salt. First put some extra virgin olive oil in a pan, then cut in 2 halves the cherry tomatoes and add them to make them cook and extract the juice. Then add the red tuna and cook with cherry tomatoes and after one minute add the rest of the ingredients (capers, olives and toasted almonds) cooking together for 2 minutes (not too much otherwise the tuna will be chewy). In the meanwhile boil paccheri bossolasco in boiling salted water for 12 minutes (read how many minutes on the pack for each kind of pasta), drain the pasta and make it stir fry with the other ingredients adding the oregano for one minutes in order to amalgamate well and "buon appetito".