Is there a better way to wish you all an happy Halloween than a 100% Made in Italy pumpkin risotto cooked by us? Carnaroli Rice Principato di Lucedio, Mantua Pumpkin, Cinta Senese pork guanciale and toasted Avola almonds Nama Mandorle. From the sweetness of the pumpkin to the decise taste of the guanciale, with the toasted note and crunchiness of the Avola almonds, everything starting from a super high quality Carnaroli rice as the ones by an artisan as the Principato di Lucedio.

Simple but tasty, the risotto of the day is gorgonzola dop, Trentino Speck Cavalier Umberto Boschi and Pistacchi Sgusciati Sicilia - Nama Mandorle directly from the Etna slopes. The leitmotiv is the same: high quality ingredients, even without particular cooking processes, can lead to a good level final result. Starting from the basis with Acquerello rice carnaroli, the ideal for risotto, the softness of the gorgonzola is paired perfectly with the decise and sapid taste of speck, finally the characteristic intense taste of the green gold of Sicily to close the recipe.

Moving the tastes of a traditional recipe to another dish reinterpreting them is a winning strategy. As it is for the risotto Acquerello - Carnaroli Rice with the aubergines parmigiana flavours, where the tomato sauce turns into confit Pachino cherry tomatoes, the aubergines are smoked and then cooked quickly in a pan with a little drizzle of evo oil. The fiordilatte mozzarella (or buffalo mozzarella if you prefer) is blended adding a little of milk becoming a cream used at the end to cream the risotto, while for the –basil a simple emulsion by blanching it, then in water and ice and finally blending it with evo oil and a little water.

Some classics of the gastronomy are doomed to remain in the cooking history, leaving an indelible mark. They may certainly be reinterpreted, or presented in different versions, but the real secret are the tastes they’re made up of. We can insert in this field the risotto alla milanese with ossobuco, a recipe symbol of the Lombardy region capital whose flavors are shaped in a perfect harmony of which we’re giving you our version: starting from a goof meat broth that exalts the delicacy of Acquerello - Carnaroli Rice and saffron (Saffron pistils Principato di Lucedio), the full and enveloping taste of the ossobuco and the marrow, cooked with some thinly chopped anchovy fillets that add sapidity, contrasted by the Sicilian lemons from Ribera zest (true secret touch of this recipe, for our palate). Finally creamed with some icy Butter - Beppino Occelli and Parmigiano Reggiano Vacche Rosse (milk from the red cow) 30 months.

The balance between flavors and the high quality products are the means through which bringing your dishes at high levels. Apparently simple recipes can hide pleasant surprises too, stimulating mind and palate, as it happens for this risotto with anchovies, toasted hazelnuts and Sicilian lemon zest. The base is the Baldo Rice Principato di Lucedio, by an organic rice producer and the most ancient in Italy too, the Sicilian anchovy filets - La Bottarga di Tonno Group, a company located in the province of Trapani that brings the tastes of the Sicilian sea directly on your table. The Toasted and Shelled Hazelnuts - Nama Mandorle are from Siracusa, precisely Avola, a place where only few people know that not only almonds grow naturally, the creaming is made with the Butter - Beppino Occelli, and finally zest from non treated Sicilian lemons from Ribera. A risotto all’onda (fairy fluidi texture), to which the hazelnuts give crunchiness, while the strong and sapid taste of the anchovies meets the freshness of the lemon zest, closing the circle perfectly.

Truffle is a product endowed with a truly unique and characteristic flavor, it is exactly this particularity to give it great value, so it is needed high skills to exalt it in the right measure. This is Tartufi Dominici objective, a specialized company in fresh truffles and truffle based sauces, dressings and evo oil, which after many years of study and field experience has succeed in finding well balanced recipes which bring out the raw material precious aroma. The White truffle and parmigiano cream - Tartufi Dominici is particularly adapt to crostini (little slices of toasted bread) and appetizers, while in the preparation of a risotto it can be a good idea amalgamating in the end using a Preparation based on butter with white truffle - Tartufi Dominici, other great products for first dishes recipes are Pumpkin Cream with Summer Truffle - Tartufi Dominici or Mushroom sauce and summer truffles (truffles 15%) - Tartufi Dominici.

If you’re looking for a recipe to try here it is a suggestion: Risotto with fresh pesto alla Genovese, Italian Potatoes from Sila, Roman Cauliflower, Sicilian peeled, roasted, almonds - Nama Mandorle and Olive taggiasche denocciolate - Pexto. Carnaroli Rice Principato di Lucedio accompanied by the classic pesto and potatoes pairing, the sweetness of roman broccoli contrasted by the strong and decise taste of the taggiasche olives and in the end a touch of crunchiness given by the toasted almonds. A recipe entirely made up of Made in Italy and healthy ingredient which, due to their well balanced flavours, forming a tasty and harmonious dish.

Despite the plant origins belong to the Far East countries, during the passing of the centuries Italy has developed a strong bond with rice, to the point of making the risotto one of its gastronomic specialties. Which were the origins of this partnership? The answer can be find in Vercelli, precisely at the Lucedio Abbey, where the friars in the 15th century introduced the cultivation of rice in Italy for the first time. So the agricultural company Principato di Lucedio is the producer of the first Italian rice, an heritage that has allowed the development of an exceptional product, derived from low impact and eco-sustainable cultivation. The varieties of rice cultivated are many and different, they’re the result of research, experience and sperimentation, from the classic carnaroli, vialone nano, Baldo Rice Principato di Lucedio to the more particular ones as rice venere, red rice Ermes, basmati, and the selenio rice variety for sushi.

From the moment that the season is coming up, it time for us to open the fresh truffle sale. Tartufi Dominici is a company specialized in the cultivation od truffles placed in the middle of the Umbria country, where the same species of plants and truffle species that you find in the near woods are grown. The ensemble of many factors (height, water availability, ground etc), gives as a result a work where man try to reproduce what nature has always been doing: giving us that unique delicacy called truffle. Fresh Uncinato Truffle - Dominici Truffles is the Ideal for risotto, tagliatelle, eggs and other traditional recipes.

When we talk about Italian cuisine the risotto can’t be out of the discussion. A tasty, showy and full of substance dish at the same time, but its preparation hides many difficulties, so which are the secrets for a good risotto? At the first place there’s the choice of good raw materials for sure, so the rice must be a Carnaroli, that needs to be toasted at the right point before being covered by the broth and finally the creaming amalgamating with butter directly from the freezer, so that the heat-cold shock will make it whip and being perfectly creamy. For the risotto with clams in the picture we used the Carnaroli Rice Principato di Lucedio directly from the most ancient Piedmontese rice plantations, Mediaterranean clams, the Butter - Beppino Occelli renowned worldwide in the gastronomic field for its quality and the Pistacchi di Sicilia crudi e sgusciati - Azienda Agricola Fastuchera chopped and toasted as garnish.

Agricultural Company Cobue: Not only Lugana among the wonderful vineyards on like of Garda. Yesterday we were lucky to visit the Agricultural Company Cobue, located in the southern area of Lake of Garda. The vineyards extend for 17 hectares, surrounding the wine cellar with a mangnificent panorama of the Lake. The wine cellar is modern and innovative, specifically dug under the ground level to maintain constant temperature and humidity in the most natural way all year long. What makes the company different is the choice to not produce only Lugana (as it happens in the 90% of the cases in the area), but make wines with other local traditional grape varieties, each one in the way that fit the best to the vine variety. We had the occasion to taste Monte Olivi San Martino della Battaglia 2015 - Cobue, a white wine 100% made up of historic Tuchi (former Tocai) grapes. Straw yellow color with golden shades, the main aromas are white flowers with a particular chamomile note; a the palate the freshness exalts the aromas which are find again in the mouth with a balance light almond final. Ideal pairing with appetizers, pasta dishes, risotto and fish main courses.

Agricultural Company Cobue: Not only Lugana among the wonderful vineyards on like of Garda. Yesterday we were lucky to visit the Agricultural Company Cobue, located in the southern area of Lake of Garda. The vineyards extend for 17 hectares, surrounding the wine cellar with a mangnificent panorama of the Lake. The wine cellar is modern and innovative, specifically dug under the ground level to maintain constant temperature and humidity in the most natural way all year long. What makes the company different is the choice to not produce only Lugana (as it happens in the 90% of the cases in the area), but make wines with other local traditional grape varieties, each one in the way that fit the best to the vine variety. We had the occasion to taste S.Martino della Battaglia, a white wine 100% made up of historic Tuchi (former Tocai) grapes. Straw yellow color with golden shades, the main aromas are white flowers with a particular chamomile note; a the palate the freshness exalts the aromas which are find again in the mouth with a balance light almond final. Ideal pairing with appetizers, pasta dishes, risotto and fish main courses.

The period of truffles has already ended, but you aren't obliged to renounce to their taste for that, indeed the Cream with 50% white truffle - I Peccati Di Ciacco is a worthy substitute in lack of fresh truffle. It can be deduced from the fact that, differently from what normally happens in product derived from truffle, you can feel not only the typical aromas, but the taste is lively and persistent too. This is possible thanks to the high percentage of white truffle rigorously from the Piedmontese Langhe (50%). The truffle cream is the ideal on some toasted bread as an appetizer or during the creaming of a risotto

Today we're going to introduce you one of the greatest classics of the Northern Italy cuisine: his majesty the Risotto alla Milanese. The legend says that the birth of this recipe dates back to 1574. Indeed it was created during a wedding banquet as a kind of joke due to the passion of the bride's dad, a famous painter of Flemish origin, for the yellow colour. But surprisingly all the guests came up to fell in love with this unusual combination. Now we're going to give you our personal recipe. Ingredients: Carnaroli Rice Principato di Lucedio, Saffron from San Gimignano - IL Vecchio Maneggio, white onions, calf osso buco, Butter - Az. Agricola Frascio, white wine, meat broth (in this case we used the one obtained from the boiled meat we cooked the day before), Parmigiano Reggiano DOP, flour, Thin Raw Sea Salt Picked by shoulder - Cuordisale - Salinagrande. First mince the white onion and put it in a pan with some butter. When it will be golden add the ossibuchi and down them on both sides seasoning with salt. Then simmer some white wine turning up the fire to make alcohol evaporate until reduced, so add some meat broth and make it cook for one hour and a half nearly. Take some chopped up onion and make it brownish with some butter in a pan, add the rice to make it toast for 1\2 minutes. Pour with the meat broth and make it cook for the time written in the box. Almost at the end add the saffron pistils. Cream with some butter and parmesan, finally take a soup plate, put the risotto ad the bottom flattening it out and put an ossobuco on it.

Anchovies anciently were one of the most popular fish as when they're put under salt they can not only last for a very long time, but they also become better with the passing of time. Nowadays Agostino Recca carries on the old traditions and methods trough his company in Sicily (Sciacca). Every process is hand made as Agostino believes that "machines can't distinguish between a good anchovy and a bad one, but these women can", as he said in a interview on a BBC special. So today we're going to give you a recipe whose protagonist are Fillets of Anchovies - Agostino Recca: Spaghetti with butter and anchovies. Ingredienti: Linguine di Gragnano - Pastificio Dei Campi (we're going to use linguine instead of spaghetti today), Fillets of Anchovies - Agostino Recca, Butter - Az. Agricola Frascio, Red garlic from Nubia, Organic extra virgin olive oil - Adamo, Raw Sea Salt Picked by Shoulder - Cuordisale - Salinagrande and a red hot chili pepper, bread. First put the pasta in boiling salted water for half the time it is written on the box. Meanwhile cut the anchovies into small pieces (3 anchovies per person) and put some olive oil, the minced anchovies, a garlic clove and a little minced red hot chili pepper in a pan and make them stir fry. When the linguine will be at half cooking dry them conserving the boiling water, so you have make the pasta cook in the pan used before adding the boiling water gradually (not too much , it has not even to cover the past) until the pasta will be cooked at the right level (al dente of course). Take the pan off the fire, at this point the pasta will be creamy and savory, but to make it more creamy add some butter and amalgamate as it is a risotto, the result will be outstanding. As a final touch toast some minced bread (not too thinly) and garnish with it to add crunchiness and a toasted flavor.

Principato di Lucedio can praise an almost thousand-year old history. It was funded in 1123 by the Cistercensi monks who were the first in Italy to introduce the cultivation of rice. The production process is full low environmental impact method and the packaging under protect atmosphere guarantee the freshness and quality of product. As the carnaroli rice is the fittest for risotto, we're giving you a recipe of a quite summer taste risotto: Risotto with shrimps, zucchini and burrata. Ingredients: Carnaroli Rice Principato di Lucedio, shrimps, Burrata pugliese - Caseificio Voglia di Latte, zucchini, onion, cherry tomatoes, white wine, Butter - Az. Agricola Frascio, Organic extra virgin olive oil - Adamo. First shell the shrimps, clean them putting out the intestines, and use the remaining heads to make a fish broth (bisque). Make the shrimp heads stop fry with some chopped onion and some cut cherry tomatoes, after 1\2 minutes add cold water. Cut the zucchini in small cubes and make them stir fry with some evo oil. In a pan, after browing some some chopped onion with, make the rice toast, when the rice will be toasted simmer with white wine utile reduced and then add the bisque. Add 1 \2 spoonful each time not covering the rice at all and add it until the risotto will be ready. In the end add a knot of butter, the shrimps and cook until creamy. Put the risotto with shrimps in a plate, then add the zucchini and some burrata.

The Carnaroli Rice Principato di Lucedio is the fittest rice if you want to prepare a gourmet risotto. Carnaroli is the most prestigious Italian rice variety, the grain is big and rich in amylose which ensure a low glueness and an high endurance to the cooking which makes it perfect for risotti.