Dried legumes of Sicily

The lentils reached their peak production between the 1930s and the 1960s, when around 30 percent of Italian lentils came from Sicily, and especially Villalba. This legume was particularly in demand for its remarkable sensory characteristics and because the market at the time favored the large-seed types

Hulled Broad Beans - Organic Product
Make your creamy soups with shelled beans of the Monreale type, broken and without integument. Produced from organic farming, they are kidney-shaped and creamy yellow in color. What characterizes them is the size of the seed: the Monreale type broad bean is in fact a broad bean, even if in the same pod the size of the seeds is different.

Cicerchia - Organic Legumes of Sicily
Cicerchia is a little known but no less good legume than lentils, chickpeas or beans. Produced from organic cultivation, our cicerchia is rich in proteins and is considered among the best grain legumes for food quality. Typical Sicilian product, the cicerchia has recently been rediscovered and is used to make gourmet dishes.

A really chunky soup packed with with kidney beans, cicerchia and chickpeas. Cicerchia is rich in proteins and is considered among the best grain legumes for food quality. Excellent in combination with red beans and chickpeas to prepare gourmet soups.

They are a good source of protein, and when combined with a whole grain such as whole wheat pasta or brown rice, provide protein comparable to that of meat or dairy foods. An important characteristic of dry beans is that they absorb the flavor and aromas of the ingredients that accompany them, so they are very suitable for stews and soups.

Sicilian lentils are ideal for soups and soups. Traditionally they represent a tasty and well-wishing side dish.

The beans are ideal as a side dish. Excellent in combination with bitter vegetables such as chicory.

The chickpeas are born from the Sicilian hinterland and are ideal for soups, soups, salads and in combination with fish.