Sicilian organic lentil La Riserva del Re
The red lentil La Riserva del Re is cultivated organically and is of Sicilian origin. The organic certification and traceability of La Riserva del Re brand legumes are the guarantee of a very high quality product. Tasty and rich in nutrients, Sicilian lentils are essential for a healthy and balanced diet.
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.
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 red beans La Riserva del Re
Tender and creamy red velvet beans, tasty and rich in nutrients. Organic beans with a pasty consistency, perfect for creamy soups and simple but tasty dishes such as traditional pasta and beans.
An important wine made from grapes called "Frappato" and "Nero D'Avola". It's respectful of Cerasuolo's tradition. Its intens and persistent scent recalls a ripe pomegranate. Its deep colour is like a cherry. It would be better to uncork the bottle one hour before and to serve it at 18°-20° C. about.
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.
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.
Ruby red coloured wine. It displays extensive aromas, along with intense notes of sweet elegant oak, ripe uit and chocolate. Stunningly full-bodied on the palate, round, with tannins of outstanding nobleness.
Sicilian organic black lentil La Riserva del Re
Produced from organic and sustainable agriculture, the Monreale black lentil is a rare and ancient Sicilian cultivar, a symbol of the biodiversity of an extraordinary territory. Savory and rich in nutrients, Sicilian black lentils La Riserva del Re are a prized legume, more digestible and of superior quality than other varieties of lentils.
Colour: Ruby red Bouquet: Red cherry flavour, raspberry and small red fruits mainly black currant and blueberry Taste: In the mouth is soft and elegant, rightly tannic
Sicilian chickpeas Pascià
Also known as "pasha" chickpeas, La Riserva del Re wrinkled chickpeas are organic legumes grown in Sicily without chemical pesticides. Genuine and rich in nutrients, these chickpeas are meaty, sweet and tasty, perfect for preparing creamy soups and unique traditional Sicilian dishes.
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.
Black Chickpeas - Organic Legumes of Sicily
Produced from organic cultivation, La Riserva del Re black chickpeas are a typical variety of the Mediterranean, rich in proteins, fibers and iron. In addition to the black color, due to the anthocyanins they are rich in, and their sweet taste, they are very digestible legumes. Excellent to combine with rice and cereals for a complete dish from a nutritional point of view.
Cicerchia – Sicilian Legumes from Natural Agriculture
Typical Sicilian product from natural agriculture, cicerchia is a protein-rich legume, less known than lentils, chickpeas and beans but no less good for this. Precisely for this reason cicerchia is an ingredient used to prepare gourmet dishes.
The precious Timilia flour is a wholemeal flour which, during the phase of separation from the bran, sifting, is not very refined. It takes its name from the ancient Sicilian durum wheat Timilia or Tumminia (Triticum durum), from the stone grinding of which a nutritionally rich flour is obtained.
Obtained with the stone milling of the ancient Sicilian Majorca wheat, the Majorcan flour is a soft wheat flour formerly used in our island for the production of sweets, in particular for the Sicilian cannoli rind, and recently rediscovered for its quality. and digestibility.
Perciasacchi Flour is a whole durum wheat flour obtained from the stone milling of Perciasacchi wheat, an ancient Sicilian wheat often called "Sicilian kamut" improperly because, according to recent studies, the Sicilian native cultivar already existed before the kamut.
The Senatore Cappelli durum wheat flour comes from a "hybrid" grain, a cross between different wheats, milled in stone. Senatore Cappelli is the youngest of the ancient Sicilian grains. It was created by the agronomist Nazareno Strampelli who named it in honor of Senator Raffaele Cappelli who had granted him land for his experiments.
Barocco is a well-structured wine displaying a ruby red hue with purplish blue reflections in the glass. The wine offers complex fragrances of the vanilla, blackberry, currant and pomegranate. This fine red wine features a warm palate and elegant & strong in tannins.
An agreable red wine like a ruby. It has deep and continuing scent; its taste is a little tannic but also wich of shades. It's advisable to uncork one hour before and to serve at 18°-20° C about
Intense and rich, with a prevailing fruity aroma on the nose, this wine is fairly round in the mouth, medium bodied with a good persistence and harmony.