
"Pignata" clay pot
The Pignata is a pot used for the long cooking of legumes, such as chickpeas, lentils and beans. Especially used near fire. The measure available here is 20cm (excluding lid), at the bottom you will find the actual measures.
The main ingredient of the famous recipe for mashed broad beans, often served together with a rich side of chicory, are these peeled broad beans. Very simple to prepare, irresistible to taste.
The tradition relating to the habit of eating legumes is very rooted in Puglia and Salento, where it is customary to soak them the evening before their consumption and then cook them in a traditional terracotta pignata. The Land of Puglia shortens the time for you and offers you the same flavors of home ready to be opened, heated and tasted.
A typical product from the small village of Zollino, in the province of Lecce, produced according to the criteria of integrated agriculture. Health, safety, flavor. To try! It is a small pea, of a brownish yellow color with some shades tending to green. It is eaten dry and cooked in terracotta "pots".
Here is a legume that you may not have known about and that is worth trying! Black chickpeas are very similar to white chickpeas, but they have an extra note of character. Their flavor is slightly more intense and their color makes them perfect for making aesthetically appealing recipes.
Beans are an important part of the poor gastronomic tradition not only in Puglia but throughout Italy. Here we offer you our delicious Apulian dried beans, good because they are grown and harvested according to nature.
These white chickpeas with vegetables taste good and at home, which we offer you with pleasure as if you were a guest in our home. They are prepared following an ancient recipe that mothers and grandmothers have been handed down here in Puglia for generations and that still today they prepare as usual using the traditional terracotta pignata.
Beans are a very popular legume all over the world and highly appreciated for their excellent nutritional supply. They are rich in proteins and carbohydrates and lend themselves to creating many tasty recipes. We offer them in the “black eyes” variety, coming from Zollino and produced according to the criteria of integrated agriculture.
Broad beans are one of the most loved legumes by the Apulians and have, without any doubt, a leading role in regional gastronomy. These are the beans used to create the famous puree, usually served with chicory.
A healthy and versatile food, peas cannot be missing in the weekly diet of the whole family. Their sweet taste and their creamy consistency make them very welcome even for children.
A delicious Fiaschetto tomato puree, with an intense red color, pleasantly sweet flavor and medium consistency. Perfect for giving life to stewed dishes and first courses with a typical Mediterranean flair, it will satisfy even the most demanding palates. Processed close to the tomato harvest, this puree is bottled without adding any preservatives.
The fennel carpaccio is a unique product, it is crunchy, fresh and fragrant.
The green tomatoes of Salento are cultivated in open field
in the month of May and are picked by hand in July, when
the tomatoes are still green. They are washed, selected, cut
into slices and laid to mature under salt.