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.

Every season has its own fruits and vegetables, we of OIP think that respecting and encouraging the natural season cultivation. One of the must of the winter season are the Turnip Greens - Cime di Rapa Pugliesi, or friarielli, protagonists in many Italian traditional recipes, particularly in the southern ones. Tipically sautèed directly in a pan with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, a garlic clove and a red hot chili perpper, they’re endowed with a lightly bitter aftertaste, that combine perfectly with sausages. A pairing that it’s often found on pizza or in a pasta (orecchiette especially). Besides the flavor qualities, the friarielli own great organoleptic properties too, indeed they’re powerful natural antioxidant with an high betacarotene content, that is to say the Vitamin A chemical precursor.

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.

If you desire a different tomato sauce, with a characteristic taste Cherry tomatoes in sieved tomatoes made from Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio DOP - tin can is the right choice for you. The product is 100% made up of D.O.P Piennolo cherry tomatoes* (soon the bio organic certification will be obtained too), that is to say a variety that grows only within the Vesuvio natural park, that are cultivated, transformed and packaged by the Agricultural Company Masseria dello Sbirro# by hand. Thanks to the unique and inimitable composition of the ground, the piennolo tomatoes have a thick skin, due to this characteristic they keep good up to 6 months, they have a marked acidity and a bitter aftertaste. These flavor peculiarities make the deriving sauce perfect for the preparation of traditional recipes as pasta with tomato, pasta alla norma and pizza too.

Solo Sole has the power to put the true essence and tastes of Sicily in a glass can. The company is family-run and they pass down the traditional recipes through generations. The Sugo alla Norma is one of the most famous and traditional sauce of Sicily containing aubergines, tomato pieces, EVOO oil, garlic, salt and sugar. When you mix it with your pasta dish add a sprinkle of Mature salted sheep ricotta.