Parco delle Alpi Marittime: Products

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Alpi Marittime Park is characterized by the presence of Piemontese cow breeders and, during the summer, about 600 Frabosana (or Roaschina) sheep climb to the mountain grazing lands. Here, traditional raw-milk cheese is produced, above all Nostrale, while Tomino of Entracque is mainly produced by two cheese factories collecting the milk from areas outside the Park. Entracque is also the name of a top-quality potato production (a local variety has been re-launched, the so-called Piatlìna), while Cuneo bean is cultivated in about 70 thousand hectares of provincial territory, from Fossanese plain to the mountain valleys and Upper Langa. Among the ancient fruit cultivars there are Martin Sec pears (particularly suitable for cooking) and Buras, Carla, and Contessa apples. Moreover, in the forests adjacent the Park it is possible to pick fine chestnuts.

Roaschina Sheep

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Chestnut Honey

It is a dark honey, maintaining its liquid state for a long time. It is famous for its intense taste, its characteristic rather bitter aftertaste, and the pungent fragrance. It is rich in pollen grains. In the Park area it is produced in small quantities,...

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Dandelion Honey

Characterized by a lively yellow color, it has an intense taste and perfume. Its most known property is its rapidity of solidification in very fine crystals. For this reason, if you want to taste it liquid, you have to warm it up a little bit in a bain-marie....

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Fir Honeydew Honey

It is a very particular honey, less sweet than nectar honey. The resin of the silver fir gives it the aroma of caramelized sugar. It has an almost black color, with greenish nuances.

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Lime Tree Honey

Honey with a slow solidification, transparent, and with a bright yellow color. Its persistent taste recalls the fresh fragrance of the flower.

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Mixed Flowers Honey

It is the very delicate honey that bees obtain from the rich flora dominating the outer spaces of the Park mountain area. Unlike other kinds of honey with characteristic features, it does not have a particular aftertaste and is suitable for all uses....

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Mountain Mixed Flowers Honey

Like rhododendron honey, the mountain mixed flowers honey is one of the "mountain" products of the Park. The floral richness of the meadows and pastures never gives it the same fragrance or the same taste. It is suitable for all uses.

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Rhododendron Honey

It is one of the "mountain" products of the Park. With a buttery and pasty consistency, it is characterized by a light fragrance and a very delicate taste, slightly spicy in the throat.

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Thyme and Sage Honey

With an amber color, it is a particular and aromatic honey, with an intense and pungent taste.

Category: Honey