Fresh Italian seasonal vegetables and fruit directly from the fields to your home! In this case an honorable mention for that fantastic Roman Broccoli, for which this is truly the right period of the year, we lively suggest you to try it!

For the 16th of October, date od the World Food Day, we would like to confirm our philosophy oriented towards the seasonality of the product. First of all concerning fruits and vegetables, therefore the chestnuts moment has come, and a roasted chestnuts just took away from the fire is one of Autumn cult images. Obviously Italian chestnuts are very versatile for recipes too, the chestnut flour pasta is rustic and endowed with an alternative taste, great for the stuffings, on a bread slice or in a cake. Available the Marroni chestnuts variety too, a kind that stands out for the greater dimensions, the sweeter and more intense taste.

As most of the vegetables the Cipolla di Tropea IGP has its own season, or rather, there are many variants of the same product depending on the period. The first is the flat top onion, harvested in April and May, while for the enlongated shape classic ones collected in braids it is necessary to wait until June. During this period the one growing is the Cipollotto Fresco Di Tropea IGP, that goes from the end of October to late March, it is the kind with the smallest bulb but the most delicate and best for the fresh consume too. Sweetness and delicacy are the peculiarities that distinguish the Tropea onion from the other varieties, these characteristics are due to an unrepeatable combinations of microclimatic and geologic conditions: warm temperatures all year long and ground endowed with a great sand percentage.

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.

Today there’s a new entry as it concerns the product, but not the producers: Pancetta - Salumificio Lovison from Spilimbergo, in the province of Pordenone. A reality that has been collaborating with us for many years, that still nowadays maintains an artisanal dimension, here only porks coming from Friulian breedings within 20km from the company are selected, nourished naturally with a non ogm vegetables and cereals diet. An hand made pancetta meat is work “at hot”, that means few hours after the butchering in order to have it as fresh as possible, preserving some of its best organoleptic properties. The pancetta is then tied by hand, seasoned and aged due to company secrets, that boasts a century old history. It is exactly this heritage paired with the continuous research, manual work and a sincere passion for the norcina (cold cuts making) art to be the secret for the high quality of this product.

Calabria, a region full of gastronomic traditions, but above all the homeland of great preserves, cold cuts and not last the hot taste. Calabria Scerra, with production headquarters in Crotone, represents the great traditions of its own land, producing handmade preserves made up only local vegetables. Among these you can find the Mushrooms mixed with Calabrese - Calabria Scerra, the Piccantina alla Calabrese (lightly hot cream great for crostini or adding flavor to a sauce), the typical dried tomatoes and many other specialities. Also as it concerns the cold cuts surely stand out the Nduja Spilinga, local speciality per excellence, the Capocollo Piccante - Calabria Scerra, and the Calabro Rustic Ham. If you’re looking for decise and strong tastes typical of this region, you’ve found just the thing.

It's now available the new 2018 vintage of the *Novello Cutrera - Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Fresco di Frantoio,an unquestionably renowned and high quality extra virgin olive oil. Its flavor will convey your bread, vegetables and recipes with the real taste of a Made in Italy Sicilian extra virgin olive oil 100% made up of Sicilian olives.

Bio Colombini was born at the beginning of the 20th century, in Tuscany, 35 hectares of ground where the company cultivates and transform its vegetables naturally, following the organic disciplinary without any exception as the Natural chickpeas - BioColombini, the Organic tomato passata BioColombini and many others. Selected as an example of fair practice by a regional research made by the COSPE institute, Bio Colombini doesn’t only make an ethic choice as it concerns the products, but it commits itself on the social side too. Indeed, it is a reality that promotes many different project, as hiring employees from disadvantaged social groups ( from physical or mental disability, to criminality or drugs addiction) through the cooperation with local institutions, research centers and universities. Thanks to the choices on the production the customers are not only aware that the products are good and healthy, but they know that the money will go to a cause useful for the common good, towards a production sustainable from every point of view.

If you're looking for some fresh and genuine seasonal vegetables and fruits, the specific section of our website offers a great variety and guaranteed quality. Moreover we have selected some products whose price is highly marked down at the reaching of 40kg (pallet format). Among these you can find: Pachino Cherry Tomatoes, Italian Potatoes, Sicilian lemons Di Ribera, Cime di Rapa Pugliesi, Purple Aubergines and many other. Check their availability on the website.

Usually products in oil are preserved in low quality oil, due to this the product loses quality both concerning the taste and genuineness. The SoloSole preserves are rigorously put in Sicilian extra virgin olive oil and only a minimum percentage of seeds oil, starting from seasonal vegetables cultivated and processed in Sicily. The result is the sincere taste of the home made preserves tradition spread for centuries in the Southern Italy, thanks to the artisanal processing that follows the traditional preparations of these typical specialties. Try the Aubergine Fillets - SoloSole, you won't regret it.

With the arrival of spring and warm days we have re opened the selling of Orto mio pot plants. From vegetables to aromatic herbs its is possible to have a personal vegetable garden at home, even without occupying huge spaces. Cultivating and using your own products isn't only a certainty on their quality, but also a great satisfaction that pays back the time you dedicated to them, an add value to your recipes and your recipes, your home and your life.

Want to eat lightly after the great Christmas banquets? Don't renounce to the Italian taste and try to visit the fruit and vegetables section. Here you will find all the best among the fresh and seasonal vegetables and fruits. This is the ideal period for trying the famous Sicilian Oranges from Ribera, or the tasty RADICCHIO TARDIVO DI TREVISO. We have also a wide selection of other fresh products apart from fruit and vegetables, and a great piece of Fresh bluefin tuna fillet will be the ideal of people who in these days would like to eat light food without losing the pleasure for your palate.

Appetizers are the ideal course to stimulate fantasy in the kitchen and try different taste within the same meal, going from cold cuts and meat from raw fish and vegetables. Today we're giving you a good idea for a tasty, fresh but also healthy appetizer: shrimps tartare with avocado sauce, zucchini and carasau bread. Ingredients: fresh shrimps, avocado, lime, Red onion Tropea / Montoro Onions (second season) or Red garlic from Nubia, Organic extra virgin olive oil - Adamo, Fine sea salt, black pepper, zucchini, Carasau bread. Clean the shrimps taking out the intestines, then cut them into very small pieces. Put some pieces of the minced shrimps together between 2 sheets of oven paper and flatten with a meat mallet, so put the tartare in the freezer until they will be served. For the avocado sauce is better use an avocado as mature as possibile (it will be softer), so peel the avocado e put its pulp in the mixer together with some lime juice, minced onion or garlic (less), Evo oil, salt and black pepper. Cut the zucchini (or any seasonal vegetable you like) into small cubes and stir fry them in a pan with some evo oil seasoning them with black pepper. Finally take the tartare out of the freezer and put it on a flat plate, place the zucchini and carasau bread on, while the avocado sauce beside to garnish.

Why eating healthy always should mean tasteless? Of course we don't think so, and we will prove it giving you a recipe that is both healthy and tasty. It's all up to the raw material you use, in fact Tumminia pasta, differently from most of the other varieties of pasta, derives from an ancient Sicilian wheat which not only has a lot of benefits on our body, but is has also an unique and outstanding aroma which will make you fell in love with this product. So here's today's recipe: Semi-wholemeal Tumminia wheat Tagliatelle - Fastuchera with seasonal vegetables. Ingredients: 300g of tagliatelle fastuchera, seasonal vegetables (today we're using aubergines, zucchini, onions, fava beans and cherry tomatoes), Organic extra virgin olive oil - Adamo, Raw Sea Salt Picked by Shoulder - Cuordisale - Salinagrande, black pepper. Firstly cut the vegetables in small pieces, take a pan and make them stir fry together with a little EVO oil and seasoning with salt and black pepper. Then put the tagliatelle in boiling salted water for 3 minutes, then drain them saving a little of the boiling water. Put the tagliatelle in the pan finishing the cooking with the vegetables adding the cooking water (1\2 spoonfuls) for one minute nearly. If you want a touch of extra flavor you can add some mature salted sheep's ricotta.

One of the principles of our company philosophy is always use what nature gives you without forcing it, because eating and cooking seasonal vegetables is fundamental in order to have the healthiest and best tasty diet as possible. So we're giving you a recipe whose protagonist a typical Italian summer vegetable: the courgette flower. Courgette flowers have been cooking as a summer delicacies for centuries, mostly in the central-southern regions of Italy. They are considered one of the first street food of the history, they're cooked in different ways from region to region but all of them were fried. Today we're giving you our recipe for delicious stuffed courgette flowers fried in batter. Ingredients: courgette flowers; 110 g of Organic flour soft wheat type 0; 100 ml of ice-cold Blonde Beer Ale Tavolara - CONTE DE QUIRRA or Sparkling water and a pinch of yeast, 100g of Ricotta di Bufala (Buffalo Ricotta) - Caseificio Artigianale Esposito, some Extra anchovy fillets in oil Extra virgin olive oil - Mare Puro, Organic extra virgin olive oil - Adamo, black pepper, Raw Sea Salt Picked by Shoulder - Cuordisale - Salinagrande First let's make the batter: amalgamates in a bowl the flour and the beer\water and yeast using a whisk. For the stuffing cut the anchovy fillets in rough and not too small pieces and mix them with the buffalo ricotta and season with some black pepper and e little EVO oil. Then stuff the courgette flowers, immerge them in the batter, deep fry them in frying oil, when they will be ready dry them and season with some sea salt.

This is the second step of the artisanal beer vertical by the agriculture company conte de Quirra: Birra Golden Ale Costa Rei - CONTE DE QUIRRA As the other beer the barley is cultivated in Sardinia and then beer is made in Tuscany. The result is a simple but powerful refreshing blond beer: In the glass, notes of meadow flowers combine. Soft on the palate with little carbonic acid with a balanced finish (5% Alcohol content) The ideal foodpairing is with Tuscan cold cuts as finocchiona and guanciale, or it could be a great combined with a mix fish or vegetables fry.

Need a fresh and quick ideas for these hot summer days? Here's a genuine, tasty and fresh recipe: toasted bred with stracciatella, tuna bottarga and mint aromatized zucchini. Ingredients: slices of bread, Apulia stracciatella, tuna bottarga Bluefin tuna bottarga 500/800 - La Bottarga di Tonno Group, zucchini, Italian extra virgin olive oil, fresh mint, salt and black pepper Firstly toast the bread, cut bottarga into thin slices and season it in a small bowl with some extra virgin olive oil. Cut the zucchini into thin rounds and make them stir fry in a pan with some evo oil seasoning with some salt and black pepper. When zucchini will be almost ready add the fresh mint leaves sliced by hand, finish the cooking and amalgamate in order to make vegetables absorb fresh mint aroma and taste. Finally take a slice of toasted bread, put stracciatella as the base and over it put mint aromatized zucchini and then the tuna bottarga Bluefin tuna bottarga 500/800 - La Bottarga di Tonno Group with a final splash of evo oil, you and your guests will immediately fell in love with it! A great wine pairing to add value this recipe will be a Franciacorta white sparkling wine as La Valle “Naturalis” - Franciacorta Extra Brut D.O.C.G. .

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.

Musetto - Salumificio Lovison is the exclusive product by Lovison Friulian agricultural company, this specialty was invented 110 years ago by the company's founder Agostino Lovison. But the reason that distinguish theirs from other great quality producers's too is the use of the noble parts of the pork head from only Friulian pork meat bred using ogm free animal feeds and a secret mixture of spices among which cinnamon,coriander,nutmeg,cloves and pepper. The great Italian 2 michelin stars awarded chef Carlo Cracco has introduced a recipe with the Musetto Lovison in his restaurant menù: Ravioli stuffed with Musetto with vegetable mostarda. Ingredients: For the pasta: 1 kg of 00 flour, 8 egg yolks, 1 whole egg, 20g of Italian extra virgin olive oil For the stuffing: 200g of Musetto Lovison, 80g of stewed savoy mash (make the savoy brownish with 50g of onion, pour with some water and salt, cook fro 1 hour at least. blend with the mixer adding the Musetto Lovison, season with salt and pepper. For the mostarda: 80g of vegetables mostarda (cut into pieces), 80g of celeriac julienne cut. With the flour, eggs, evo oil and salt make an Italian fresh pasta. Roll out the dough, put some stuffing and give the cappelletto shape. Cook the ravioli for 3 minutes in boiling salted water and then stir fry with some calf juice. Put in the plate together with mostarda, celeriac and serve it.

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