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| Preserves | | | Pollino Jam
Jam are exclusively handmade products. They are obtained from fresh fruit, as in the case of wild strawberry jam, wild blackberry and elder jam, ideal to eat with spicy and mature cheese.... >> | |
| Sweets | | | Piccidat
Among the great variety of traditional biscuits and sweets, Piccidat Easter sweet bread deserves a special mention. It is a traditional sweet of the whole area of Pollino. The pasta dough, fresh and dry, acquires several shapes and is obtained according to traditional recipes with semolina deriving from the milling of the durum wheat, which is cultivated with integrated production methods in the P... >> | |
| Cheese | | | Hard Pecorino
Hard pecorino is obtained from the transformation of sheep and goat's milk and is produced with 50% to 90% of whole raw sheep's milk, a percentage reaching the 100% in the case of hard cheese made with sheep's milk.... >> | |
| Cheese | PAT | | Paddaccio
Paddaccio is cheese made with sheep or goat's milk. It has a seasonal
production and is handmade. It does not require either maturation or
salt. Produced on the slopes of Pollino, in particular in the Municipalities of Rotonda, Viggianello, and Terranova di Pollino, it has a slightly acidulous taste and a soft and creamy consistency.... >> | |
| Cheese | | | Ricotta infornata (Baked Ricotta)
In some small cheese factories on the Park slope in Calabria, the so-called ricotta infornata (baked ricotta) is prepared. After being salted, this particular product is baked in the oven in pottery or terracotta pots. The maturation process goes from a few weeks to six months in a cool premise. It has an intense and persistent taste.... >> | |
| Honey | | | Pollino Honey
Honey, a simple and extraordinary product with many varieties, finds its excellence in the mixed flowers honey.... >> | |
| Oil | | | Pollino Oil
The excellence of Pollino oil derives from the experience of the local producers in the selection and processing stages, guaranteeing taste and genuineness.... >> | |
| Vegetables and Legumes |  | | Rotonda Red Aubergine
Rotonda red aubergine, Slow Food Presidium since 2002 and product with a protected designation of origin, has a red and roundish aspect. It is usually eaten as appetizer or side dish for dishes based on meat, together with light red wines. It can be preserved in oil and in vinegar. Appreciated for its characteristic taste, spicy and exotic, it has an intense and fruity perfume and a slightly bitte... >> | |
| Vegetables and Legumes |  | | Senise Sweet Pepper
Senise sweet pepper obtained the PGI label in 1996. It is produced in Senise and in other twelve towns of Sinni valley. It is characterized by a thin pulp and a low content in liquids, that makes it easier to dry in the sun after being arranged by hand in the classical necklaces. This sweet pepper can be eaten fresh or dry after frying in abundant olive oil.... >> | |
| Vegetables and Legumes |  | | White Bean and Poverello di Rotonda Bean
White beans like Tondino or white Poverello di Rotonda, a product with a protected designation of origin, are mainly cultivated in Mercure Valley. They are sown within the first half of June and are harvested by hand in two or three passages between September and October. They do not
usually grow under 600m of altitude, privileging places with
maximum summer temperatures around 30°C, which i... >> | |
