Castelli Romani e Monti Prenestini

The territory of the Castelli Romani and Monti Prenestini extends south of Rome and is included in the geographical areas identified as the Castelli Romani Park and the mountain community of the Castelli Romani and Monti Prenestini.

Typical products of Excellence

Bussolani

Cookies similar to tozzetti, diamond shaped, with a dark golden crust, made of flour type 00, honey, hazelnuts, orange peel cubes, almonds, olive oil, herbs. The Bussolani, so called for the consistency of the preparation that in the classic version is very tough, given the absence of yeast, are very enjoyable dipped in milk or with vin santo, but also on their own as a snack. They are found throughout the year but are typical of Christmas.

Production areas:
Genzano di Roma (RM)

Quality marks:
PAT

Pane Casareccio di Genzano PGI

Homemade bread made with high quality zero or double zero flour, natural yeast, salt, water, wheat bran without adding chemical or biological products. The cooking takes place in wood-fired ovens or other fed at a temperature such as to allow a compact growth and the formation of a 3 mm thick crust. The rind has the function of protecting the crumb inside and keeping it spongy and tender with holes or “alveoli” not too large and irregular. The cooking phase has a variable duration depending on the type of size and can range from 35 minutes to about an hour and twenty. The scent and fragrance of this bread can be attributed to the use of sour yeast and the quantity / variety of cereals used. The natural yeast, that is the dough of the previous processing, made acidify, is rich in live enzymes that favor the preservation of the bread for several days.

Production areas:
Genzano di Roma (RM)

Quality marks:
IGP

Marrone di Cave

The fruit is medium – large, brown in color with raised and dark stripes, reddish inner film not very adherent to the seed, pulp of sweet taste and delicate. The chestnuts are subjected to “curing” in wooden vats, by immersing the fruits in water at room temperature for 4 – 5 days. During the preservation takes place a modification of the content in carbohydrates which improves the flavor, as well as destroying insects e fungal spores. At the end of the submersion, the selection takes place brown, with the dripping and drying phase through fruit plantation for 3 – 4 days. Then follows the brushing and the sorting, preliminary to packing in plastic net bags.

Production areas:
Cave (RM), Rocca di Cave (RM)

Quality marks:
PAT

Fragolina di Nemi

It belongs to the species fragaria vesca var. semperflorens (strawberry of forest of European origin). The primary and secondary fruits have shape elongated and fusiform, sometimes conical rounded, are in size rather small. Surface colour of the bright red fruit; colour of the whitish pulp often tinged with red when fully ripe. The flavor is moderately sweet and moderately acidulous. Aroma a lot intense.

Production areas:
Nemi (RM)

Quality marks:
PAT

Cacio di Genazzano

Cacio di Genazzano is a semi-cooked pecorino cheese, as the curd undergoes heating from 41 ° to 43 ° C, with a thin crust straw yellow in color, whitish internal paste with small holes. The flavor is quite intense and slightly salty. Such cheese is obtained from the processing of raw milk from Comisana, Sarda, Massese sheep and related breeds. The drying takes place on wooden boards for about 1 month with possible treatments (massages) with oil, once a month, or with water, or surface scraping with a knife; the maturation, in a wooden “cupboard” or “archoncino” (large chest), takes place for 3 months, for the table cheese, or for 5-6 months, for the grated cheese.

Production areas:
Genazzano (RM)

Quality marks:
PAT

Tordo Matto di Zagarolo

Horse meat roll from Lazio and / or Tuscan Maremma horses (generally raised locally), flavored and stuffed internally with pork lard, coriander, parsley, sage, fresh garlic, salt and ground chilli.

Production areas:
Albano Laziale (RM), Capranica Prenestina (RM), Castel San Pietro Romano (RM), Gallicano nel Lazio (RM), Genazzano (RM), Olevano Romano (RM), Palestrina (RM), Rocca di Cave (RM), San Vito Romano (RM), Zagarolo (RM), San Cesareo (RM)

Quality marks:
PAT

Salame "Castellino"

SVery lean pure pork salami produced without the addition of lactose which is characterized by the grinding of the medium-grain dough great. The lean part comes from the pork shoulder, while the fat from bacon. The flavor is savory, tasty and flavored thanks the seasoning with sea salt and the use of spices such as cinnamon, pepper and garlic.

Production areas:
Frascati (RM)

Quality marks:
PAT

Porchetta di Ariccia PGI

Porchetta di Ariccia is prepared with female pigs from selected national breeds and / or Landrace, Large White, Pietrain breeds and respective hybrids, bred in Italy and / or in EU countries. The slice is compact and homogeneous, with the fat part well separated from the lean one. The outer crust has a crunchy consistency, golden color and savory taste. Pork flavor flavored with rosemary, garlic and black pepper.

Production areas:
Ariccia (RM)

Quality marks:
PAT e IGP

Coppiette (horse, pig, cattle)

Lean pork, bovine and equine meat, dried and flavored with chilli, fennel seeds, garlic, rosemary and white wine. The product has the characteristic irregular shape with more or less large strips and a bright red to dark brown color.

Production areas:
Tarano (RI), Albano Laziale (RM), Frascati (RM), Genzano di Roma (RM), Marcellina (RM), Monterotondo (RM), Guarcino (FR), Acquapendente (VT), Viterbo (VT), Intera Regione Lazio

Quality marks:
PAT

Carciofo Romanesco

The Roman artichoke has an ashy green colour, is spherical, compact with a characteristic hole at the apex. The artichoke was well known since antiquity for its high organoleptic and therapeutic features, of which Galeno, Strabone, Plinio and Varrone write about. According to Columella, a Roman agronomist of the first century AC, the land destined to the artichoke plants used to be covered with ashes; from here, the scientific name of “Cynara scolymus”.

Production areas:
Allumiere (RM), Cerveteri (RM), Civitavecchia (RM), Santa Marinella (RM), Tolfa (RM), Lariano (RM), Ladispoli (RM), Fiumicino (RM), Pontinia (LT), Priverno (LT), Sermoneta (LT), Canino (VT), Montalto di Castro (VT), Tarquinia (VT)

Quality marks:
IGP

Zucchina con il fiore

The cultivars used for the production of the zucchini with the flower are attributable to the types of zucchini: white, black and romanesco. The cylindrical to slightly club-shaped fruit (White type) or irregular polygonal, tending towards cylindrical (Black type) or cylindrical with very pronounced ribs (Romanesque type), the color can vary from light green with more intense streaks to dark green. The flower, yellow tending to lobster, is synonymous with freshness and wholesomeness of the product, which is its main and unique feature compared to other products. The flavor varies from sweetish to herbaceous a depending on the type; the dough is soft.

Production areas:
Fara in Sabina (RI), Velletri (RM), Ladispoli (RM), Fondi (LT), Sperlonga (LT), Cassino (FR)

Quality marks:
PAT

Broccolo Romanesco

Present on the market from mid-October to late March, with autumn, autumn-winter, spring growing cycles, the Broccolo Romanesco presents a vigorous plant, upright, with a bluish-green foliage color, good resistance to moths and mildew, deep green color and pyramidal form.

Production areas:

Fara in Sabina (RI), Roma (RM), Velletri (RM), Ladispoli (RM), Sezze (LT), Cassino (FR)

Quality marks:
PAT

Biscotti e Ciambelle all'uovo

Round or donut-shaped biscuits, made with type 00 flour, sugar, whole eggs, butter, margarine, whole or semi-skimmed milk, baking powder and sodium bicarbonate, natural yeast produced by the company.

Production areas:
Capranica Prenestina (RM), Genzano di Roma (RM)

Quality marks:
PAT

Selection of manufacturing companies

Leoni Randolfo

Cured meat factory

Category: Fresh meats and their preparations

Main products: Porchetta of Ariccia, salumi

Office: Via della Palombara 14 – Ariccia – Tel. 06 9332095 – info@porchettaigp.eu

Web Site: leonifood.com

Castelli

Cured meat factory

Category: Fresh meats and their preparations

Main products: Cold cuts

Office: Via Grotte Portella, 9 – 00044 Frascati (RM)- Tel. 06 9409485 – info@castellisalumi.it

Web Site: castellisalumi.com

Forno Fiasco

Bakery and biscuit factory founded in 1967.

Category: Fresh pasta, pastry and bakery products

Main products: Giglietti di Palestrina (Slow Food Presidium)

Office: Borgo San Pietro 1 – 00030 Castel San Pietro Romano (RM) – Tel. 069534018 – Rif. Laura Fiasco – info@fornofiasco.it

Web Site: fornofiasco.it

Il Norcino Bernabei

Norcineria founded in 1912

Category: Fresh meats and their preparations

Main products: Porchetta, guanciale, loin

Office: Corso Vittoria Colonna, 13 – 00047 Marino RM – Tel. 06 938 7897 – Rif. Vitaliano Bernabei – info@il-norcino.it

Web Site: il-norcino.it

Forno Ceralli

Bakery and biscuit factory founded in 1920

Category: Fresh pasta, pastry and bakery products

Main products: Pupazza frascatana, ciambelle al vino, bread, pizza, biscuits, traditional sweets

Office: Piazza Bambocci, 15 – 00044 Frascati RM – Tel. 06 942 0439 – Rif. Francesco Ceralli – forno@ceralli.it

Web Site: ceralli.it

Meraviglie in Pasta

Laboratory of fresh pasta.

Category: Fresh pasta, pastry and bakery products

Main products: Ravioli al tordomatto, fettuccine

Office: Corso Vittorio Emauele II, 101 – 00039 Zagarolo – Tel. 06 958 7448 – Rif. Angela Fiorini – info@meraviglieinpasta.it

Web Site: meraviglieinpasta.it

Erba Regina - Società Agricola Profumi Nascosti

Farm and farmhouse. Production and processing of fresh spontaneous, aromatic and officinal herbs.

Category: Natural or processed plant products

Main products: Dried herbs, essential oils, oleolites, scented waters, syrups, flavored jams

Office: Vicolo di Colle Reti – 00044 Frascati RM – Tel. 06 946 4538 – Rif. Regina Bortolato- info@erbaregina.it

Web Site: countryhouseerbaregina.com/

Azienda Agricola Bessi

Farm

Category: Natural or processed plant products

Main products: Fragolina di Nemi, fruit, vegetables, honey, truffle

Office: Via dei Laghi 150 – 00049 Nemi – tel. 06.96.41.858 – info@agriturismobessi.it

Orto Giobbi

Farm

Category: Natural or processed plant products

Main products: Roman broccoli, broccoli, artichokes, fennel, carrots

Office: Via di Vallericcia 12 – 00040 Ariccia – Tel 3283765241 – info@ortodigiobbi.it

Web Site: ortodigiobbi.com

Villa Simone

Wine company

Category: Wine

Main products: Frascati Superiore DOCG, Cannellino di Frascati, Ferro e Seta PGI Lazio

Office: Via Frascati, 29 – 00040 Monte Porzio Catone RM – Tel. 06 944 9717 – Rif. Fulvia Stebellini – info@villasimone.it

Web Site: villasimone.it

Azienda Agricola l’Olivella

Wine company

Category: Wine

Main products: Frascati DOCG, Cesanese

Office: Via Colle Pisano, 5 – 00040 Frascati (RM) – Tel. 06 94.25.656 – Rif. Damian Notarnicola – info@olivella.it

Web Site: olivella.it

Cantina De Sanctis

Wine company

Category: Wine

Main products: Frascati DOCG superiore, Cannellino di Frascati DOCG, Frascati DOC

Office: Via Pietraporzia, 50 – 00044 Frascati – Tel. 340-3962771 – info@frascati-wine.com

Web Site: pellegrinispa.net

Azienda Vinicola Federici

Wine company

Category: Wine

Main products: Roma DOC, Lazio PGI

Office: Via S. Apollaria Vecchia, 30 – Zagarolo (RM) – Tel. 06.95461022 – info@vinifederici.com

Web Site: vinifederici.it/

Poggio le Volpi

Wine company

Category: Wine

Main products: Roma DOC, Cannellino, EPOS, Donna Luce

Office: Via Fontana Candida, 3/c – 00078 Monte Porzio Catone – Tel. 0694.26.980 – info@poggiolevolpi.com

Web Site: poggiolevolpi.com

Gotto d’Oro

Wine company

Category: Wine

Main products: Cesanese del Piglio DOCG, Frascati DOC, Roma DOC, Viognier PGI Lazio, Sauvignon PGI Lazio

Office: Via Divino Amore, 347 – 00040 Marino RM – Tel. 0693022228 – commerciale@gottodoro.it

Web Site: gottodoro.com

Casale Mattia

Azienda vitivinicola

Categoria: Vino

Prodotti tipici/di punta: Frascati superiore docg, Merlot igt lazio, Frascati Doc, Spumante DOC Frascati

Sede: Via XX Settembre, 48 – 00044 Frascati RM – Tel. 06.9426249 – info@casalemattia.it

Sito Internet: casalemattia.it

Litorale Romano

By ‘Roman coast’ we mean the stretch of coast that goes from Civitavecchia to Nettuno. In consideration of the geographical nature of the area, fish products are of great interest, including the cockle (Slow Food Presidium), whose fishing involves the coastal stretch that goes from Passo Scuro to Anzio.

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Complesso lacuale di Bracciano e Monti Sabatini

With “Complesso lacuale di Bracciano e Monti Sabatini” it refers to the geographical area that extends around the lake of Bracciano.

he peculiarity of the area is certainly the lake fish. There are two species par excellence associated with Lake Bracciano coregone and the lattarino.

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Castelli Romani e Monti Prenestini

The territory of the Castelli Romani and Monti Prenestini extends south of Rome and is included in the geographical areas identified as the Castelli Romani Park and the mountain community of the Castelli Romani and Monti Prenestini.

In this area there are numerous typical and traditional productions, many of which are certified with a Community or national quality mark.

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Monti Lepini

he territory of the Monti Lepini falling within the Rome metropolitan area affects the municipalities that from Artena continue southwards to Carpineto. It boasts numerous known productions that mainly derive from the breeding of the black pig of the Monti Lepini.

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Valle dell’Aniene

The territory of the Valle delle Aniene is attributable to the municipalities belonging to the mountain community of the same name, which extend from the peaks of the Simbruini and Lucretili Mountains to the plains adjacent to the Aniene.
Renowned for the production of legumes, it boasts a consistent number of bean species recognized as typical.

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Roma e Valle del Tevere

By ‘Valle del Tevere’ we mean a large area that extends from the border with the Sabina to the south east of Rome where it borders the Valle dell’Aniene and the Castelli Romani and Monti Prenestini. In particular, in the north east of Rome, we find a very large oil production, which can also be found in the province of Rieti.

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Intera area metropolitana di Roma

The typical products and excellences found throughout Rome and in the neighboring territories.

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