Aree protette del Po Torinese: Autochthonous Breed and Meat: Prejvi, Previ, Preti or Quajette PAT

Prejvi, Previ, Preti or Quajette

Prejvi or quajette

Prejvi or quajette before cooking

Tufeja of Castellamonte to cook quajette or prejvi in the wood-burning oven

Prejvi or quajette cut in halves and cooked in tufeja with beans

Definition
Salted and spiced pork rinds, rolled and tied with string.

Processing Method: Cut a stripe of pork rind and flavor it with salt, pepper, aromas, and particular pickling, according to the recipe of the local grocer or butcher. Roll it and tie it with the special string. It is eaten after boiling it, usually with beans (in a terracotta pot called "tufeja").
Production Area: Widespread all over Piemonte, they have different names according to the different dialects. In Chivasso they call them "preivi" (= priests), in Canavese area "quaiette".
Legislative Protection: Preivi or quaiette are classified among the "Traditional Agri-foodstuffs of Regione Piemonte", according to art. 8 of the Legislative Decree 30th April 1998, n. 173 and the Annex to the Decisions of the Regional Council 15th April 2002 n. 46-5823.

The Producers
		Salumeria Avondoglio Others - Andrate (TO)
		Bagnod Roberto Others - Piverone (TO)
		Salumificio Nadia s.n.c. di Moriondo Pietro & C. Others - Arè (TO)
		F.lli Actis Dato Lorenzo e Bruno Others - Caluso (TO)
		Macelleria Salumeria Butcher's Shops - Caluso (TO)
		La Duja D'Or snc di Scagnolari e Nobile Others - Ivrea (TO)
		Azienda Agricola Valle Orco Agricultural Holdings - Montanaro (TO)
		Viber S.r.l. Others - Montanaro (TO)
		Perotti s.n.c. di Perotti Claudio Pietro & C. Others - Vische (TO)
		Salumeria Pecchio Chiariglione Michele Others - Leinì (TO)
		Salumificio Avenatti & C. s.n.c. Others - Feletto (TO)
		M.A.B. Carni S.r.l. Butcher's Shops - Ozegna (TO)
		Macelleria Rossebastiano Gianni Butcher's Shops - Castellamonte (TO)
		Macelleria Basolo Paolo Butcher's Shops - Cuorgnè (TO)
		Macelleria Toffi Valeriano Butcher's Shops - Cuorgnè (TO)
		Macelleria Bertinetto Ivo Butcher's Shops - Rivarolo Canavese (TO)
		Azienda Agricola San Rocco di Imocrante Giampiero Agricultural Holdings - Foglizzo (TO)
		Gastronomia Gallo Giulio Others - Torino (TO)
		Macelleria Vergnano Butcher's Shops - Torino (TO)