The perfect assortment of famous Italian butter cookies to serve at every event. This cookie is perfect for your next party, office gathering or dinner party.
The bull's eyes are siiciliani sweets shortbread from the eye, filled with jam or chocolate spread. Ingredients: "00" flour, sugar, eggs, margarine, pureed apricots, natural flavors
Brutti ma Buoni is an Italian cookie similar to a meringue cookie only it contains nuts. It has a wonderfully crisp exterior with a texture that is soft and chewy. Fantastic with a cup of tea or coffee.
These treats are deliciously buttery, lightly sweet and incredibly aromatic. A sweetened butter biscuit dough is shaped, coated with sesame seeds, before being baked. Enjoy for afternoon tea, elevenses or general snacking.
Is a synthesis of the Tenuta’s philosophy, expressing with its strong personality the uniqueness of the area. The selection of the grapes from the most celebrated vine parcels, the vinification techniques which enhance its typicity and the prestigious bottle with the relief of the ancient noble coat of arms of the Bernard de la Gatinais family make Conte Hugues the symbolic wine of Rapitalà.
The friselle are made with wheat flour, yeast and salt. These peppery Italian crackers are baked twice, which makes them hard and dry and gives them a long shelf life. They're usually rehydrated with water and then topped with olive oil and other flavorings like herbs, cheese, and tomatoes.
"Baci della Nonna" are typical Sicilian sweets made with toasted hazelnuts, coarsely chopped and combined with previously mounted albumen, are then cooked in the oven for a short time until the cookies have not taken the classic golden. They are crumbly sweet and very tasty.
Ossi di Morto, literally bones of the dead, are a cookie made especially for November 2nd, All Souls Day (called Day of the Dead in some cultures). They get their name from their alabaster color and brittleness.
The fantasy is filled with sweet biscuits made with simple ingredients: flour, "00", sugar, eggs, margarine, vegetable preserves, are then filled with jam, chocolate or otherwise, are defined for this sweet fantasy.
The Sfrizz biscuits are made with: "00" flour, sugar, eggs, oil, milk, leavening substances, natural flavors. This is a typical biscuit Sicilian similar to plumcake or a donut without a hole.
The donut is a typical Sicilian cookie called in Sicilian dialect giammella . It 'made with simple ingredients: flour "00", Sugar, Eggs, Yeast. The result is a cookie really tasty and good.
The hazelnut groves of the Nebrodi mountains provide the raw material for the characteristic Pastareale di Tortorici, which in other areas of Sicily has almonds as its first ingredient.
Sweets of ancient tradition, typical of some parts of Sicily. Belong to the category of poor sweet, in fact, once the most important celebrations replaced the more expensive desserts (eg. Cassata, cannoli, almond paste).
In a healthy diet you cannot miss Benfatti with wholemeal flour and cereals, organic biscuits made with selected raw materials. Ideal to be eaten at breakfast or at any time of the day for a nourishing break.
In a healthy diet you cannot miss Benfatti with Spelled Flour and Chocolate, organic biscuits made with selected raw materials. Ideal to be eaten at breakfast or at any time of the day for a tasty break.
In a healthy diet you cannot miss Benfatti with Buckwheat Flour and Almonds, organic biscuits made with selected raw materials. Ideal to be eaten at breakfast or at any time of the day.
The copper is a typical dessert of Sicily, already known in the period of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. It 's a sweet typical of the Feast of the deceased. Inside has a filling of Nutella and covered with crushed.
In a healthy diet you cannot miss Benfatti with Yogurt and Cinnamon, organic biscuits made with selected raw materials. Ideal to be eaten at breakfast or at any time of the day for a tasty break.
Artisan and organic Easter cake - Made in Sicily product
Discover the softness and fragrance of the Classic Colomba with Raisins and candied citrus fruits produced by Forno Monastra. Handicraft Easter cake covered with a light icing of sugar and chopped almonds, enriched with raisins and candied fruit. The perfect dessert to give as a surprise with taste and genuineness because in addition to being good it is also organic.
Dry and crunchy biscuits made with almonds - Sicilian specialty
Typical Sicilian product, Piparelle are fragrant and crunchy biscuits with whole almonds. The ideal is to consume them after a meal soaked in wine, especially in sweet wines such as Passito di Pantelleria or Malvasia delle Lipari. Excellent to be enjoyed with tea, coffee and almond milk.
Artisan and organic Easter cake - Made in Sicily product
Taste the softness and fragrance of the Colomba with hazelnut and dark chocolate from Forno Monastra. Handicraft Easter cake covered with a delicious dark chocolate icing and cocoa drops and filled with an exquisite hazelnut chocolate. The perfect dessert to give as a surprise with taste and genuineness because in addition to being good it is also organic.
Dry and crunchy biscuits made with whole hazelnuts – Sicilian specialty
Typical Sicilian product, Croccanti are fragrant and crumbly biscuits with whole Sicilian hazelnuts. Made only with quality raw materials, they are excellent to be enjoyed after a meal or to accompany tea or coffee.
Artisan and organic Easter Colomba - Made in Sicily product
Taste the softness and fragrance of the Colomba with Pistachio and White Chocolate by Forno Monastra. Handicraft Easter cake covered with an exquisite icing of white chocolate and chopped pistachios and filled with a delicious pistachio chocolate. The perfect dessert to give as a surprise with taste and genuineness because in addition to being good it is also organic.
Thin and crunchy sheets of toasted bread for snacks and aperitifs
An organic product, CartaPane is an excellent substitute for bread. These are very crunchy and tasty thin sheets of toasted bread made with re-milled Sicilian durum wheat semolina. Ideal as a genuine snack at any time of the day.
Thin crunchy sheets of bread for snacks and aperitifs
CartaPane Integrale is an excellent substitute for bread. These are very crunchy and tasty thin sheets of toasted wholemeal bread made with Tumminia durum wheat flour. Ideal as a genuine snack at any time of the day.
Toasted bread for bruschetta with Russello Ancient Sicilian Grain Flour
Goodness and authenticity are the main characteristics of the Mezzepagnotte made with Russello durum wheat flour. Small loaves divided in half and toasted to make tasty bruschetta or simply to eat instead of bread.
Toasted bread for bruschetta with Tumminia Ancient Sicilian Grain Flour
Goodness and genuineness are the main characteristics of Mezzepagnotte made with Tumminia durum wheat flour. Small wholemeal loaves divided in half and toasted to make tasty bruschetta or simply to eat instead of bread.
Organic Type 1 flour and hand-rolled sesame breadsticks
Crispy and fragrant, the Type 1 organic breadsticks with sesame are an excellent substitute for bread. Made with Type 1 soft wheat flour and stretched by hand after a long leavening, these breadsticks are light and crumbly. Excellent to accompany cold cuts and cheeses for your aperitifs.
Organic breadsticks with hand-rolled Type 1 soft wheat flour
Discover the crunchiness of Type 1 organic Breadsticks, made with Type 1 soft wheat flour. Stretched by hand after a long leavening, these breadsticks are light, fragrant and crumbly. Excellent substitute for bread, they are ideal to accompany cold cuts and cheeses for your aperitifs.
Wholemeal and organic hand-stretched Tumminia bread sticks
Organic wholemeal bread sticks, the Tumminia Grissini are made with whole Sicilian durum wheat semolina Tumminia. Stretched by hand after a long leavening, these wholemeal breadsticks are light, crunchy and crumbly. Excellent substitute for bread, also ideal for a light and nutritious break.
Hand-rolled organic mini breadsticks
Crocchi are short breadsticks made from Sicilian durum wheat semolina and they are less thin than the classic breadsticks. Rolled by hand after a long leavening, they are very crumbly and light. Excellent to accompany aperitifs with cold cuts and cheeses. Simply irresistible!
Mini organic breadsticks with seeds and hand-rolled cereals
Crocchi Semi e Cereali are breadsticks made from Sicilian durum wheat semolina which are short and less thin than the classic breadsticks. Rolled by hand after a long leavening, they are very crumbly and light breadsticks. Excellent to accompany aperitifs with cold cuts and cheeses. Simply irresistible!
Hugonis with its powerful and austere style is the most prized product of the Tenuta. The seal of Hugonis Bernardi - a knight in armour with two lions - which appears on the label, is the coat-of-arms of the family of Hugues Bernard de la Gatinais
Catarratto and chardonnay grapes give this wine fresh Mediterranean scents and a savoury, elegant flavour with a typical hint of bitter almonds. Piano Maltese is the heart of the Tenuta Rapitalà, gentle hills at between 300 and 600 metres altitude, which, because of their history, terrain and climate endow wines with a special character.
A document of 1340 chronicles a dispute before the royal, court concerning the possession of a particularly sought after fief in the district of "Casalj Rabitallavi”. This was the ancient name of Tenuta Rapitalà. Vigna Casalj di Rapitalà is a Sicilian white wine made from Catarratto grapes, with clear Mediterranean references of sage, tomato leaf and capers. The terroir gives it freshness and minerality.
Some rain during the early part of 2003 restored the soil’s water reserves. The flowering and the setting followed their normal course. The summer was very hot and dry, but growth developed steadily. The vines, for long periods close to stress conditions, acquired a rich reserve of polyphenols enhanced by a sunny and airy August which enabled them to reach full phenolic maturation.
The vineyards where we select the grapes for the production of Nuhar (flower in Arabic) are cultivated at the heart of the mountain which overlooks the Tenuta and from which rises the river “Rabidh Allah".
The 100% nero d’Avola gives this wine an exciting red colour, an aroma of ripe fruit and a typical, deep, balanced flavour. Piano Maltese is the heart of the Tenuta Rapitalà, gentle hills of between 300 and 600 metres altitude, which, because of their history, terrain and climate endow wines with a special character.
Within Tenuta Rapitalà, at about 400 metres above sea level, there is some land where dark clay alternates with tufaceous sand. It is here that is nurtured the unmistakeable character of the Syrah, from the grapes of which is born Nadir, the opposite of Zenith. A wine which takes its name from the Arab Nazir meaning deep, rare, precious.
The terroir and the vineyard: this wine developed from a project which had as its objective the extraction of the maximum expression of terroir in terms of the intensity of the organoleptic characteristics present in the wine.