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Trout and char: how they are produced in Trentino – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay


Trout and char: mountain fish. It often happens that the freshwater fish is a little undervalued compared to the sea one. And it’s a shame, because in Italian rivers and lakes there are species that, if treated with the right attention, become delicious food. Precisely the desire to bring these fish into vogue is what is passionate about Daniele Leonardi, running the Trota Oro company with his familyfounded in the late 1980s by his parents in Preore, on the outskirts of Adamello Brenta Natural Park, in Trentino. They work trout, arctic char and whitefish, taking care of them from the breeding phase to processing. «The most important thing, to have a good product, is the raw material explains Daniele who, like his brother and sister, grew up here and since he was a boy spent the summer seasons working with the family, and knows every detail well. phase of life and transformation of fish.

Rainbow trout in the Golden Trout tanks: together with these fish, the Trentino company mainly processes Arctic char and whitefish, which are caught immediately before being processed.

Marina Spironetti

«At Trota Oro we work with farmed specimens in very cold waters, daughters of the Alpine glaciers: here, they are left to grow, slowly, without any food forcing, so that they maintain perfect health and firm, tasty meat and a character closely linked to the territory. The breeding is very naturalfrom low density to respect for the environment. The company closely follows the farms from which the fish come which, until the moment of fishing, swim in tanks with optimal temperatures and characteristics.”

In San Patrignano today (also) wines are produced – Italian Cuisine

In San Patrignano today (also) wines are produced


These days there is a lot of talk about the Netflix series "Sanpa", dedicated to the founder of San Patrignano Vincenzo Muccioli. Do you know what today is one of the main activities of the first (and most famous) rehabilitation community for drug addicts? The production of wine. We talk about it here

2021 began in memory of San Patrignano, at least on television. For days, in fact, on social media we have talked about nothing but Sanpa – Lights and darkness of San Patrignano, a documentary television series available on Netflix and chronicling the epic of Vincenzo Muccioli, founder of the first community for the recovery of drug addicts. It was the year 1978 and the heroin drama, in Italy and around the world, overwhelmed more than one generation.

With archive images and a series of testimonies directed to those who lived the experience of San Patrignano up close, the docu-series traces the genesis of the community and its most controversial events, including judicial ones, until 1995, the year of the death of the famous founder. The recovery community, however, has continued its history and today it is still very active, albeit with methods and approaches different from those that are relived on the screen in these days.

One of the main activities to which San Patrignano was voted – and which justifies the fact that we are also talking about it here, on the de The Italian kitchen – and the wine production: in the series there is only a "taste" of it, but over time this has become a predominant activity, which, like all products marketed by San Patrignano, still contributes to the self-sufficiency of the community, which, since 1978, it hosts free of charge boys and girls in need of help.

We find ourselves, we remember, in the hills of Rimini, at an altitude of about 200 meters in the municipality of Coriano: not far from the Adriatic, therefore, but also a few kilometers from Mount Titano, where the Republic of San Marino stands. A fortunate geographical location and with a special microclimate, where the temperature changes given by the sea and the mountain enhance the organoleptic characteristics of the grapes and the breeze from the sea mitigates the high summer temperatures, giving the wine a marked mineral note.

At first they were alone Sangiovese and Trebbiano. The harvest was done by hand and the pressing with the feet, a press and five wooden barrels. In the mid-90s there was a turning point: the wine acquired body and value and new vineyards were planted with merlot grapes, cabernet sauvignon is cabernet franc. It reached 6,600 plants per hectare.

The Sangiovese, meanwhile, gained an identity all its own: softer, with sweeter tannins, and became in fact the Sangiovese from San Patrignano.

Today white, red and sparkling wines produced by the community are exported all over the world, from Quebec to Finland, from South Africa to Australia.

Grapes and wine will certainly play their part, but it is above all the children of San Patrignano who make all this special, because they are the ones who follow the entire production process, from the vineyards to bottling, with passion and dedication.

«Wine, explains the community, «becomes a means through which to express the desire to do and give one's best, to create something truly exceptional and unique. In short, a glass that gives joy to those who drink it as much, and perhaps more, to those who produce it.

The honey produced by Rolls-Royce is the new frontier of luxury – Italian Cuisine


The British car brand says its 2020 honey production is booming. But being able to taste it may not be that simple

Can a can of honey to turn into a real luxury product? Apparently yes, if it is produced by an international giant of the caliber of Rolls-Royce. That's right: the famous British car brand has made it known that despite the far from simple period for the four-wheeler sector, with a stop to production due to the global pandemic, its beekeeping activities are booming. Stressing that the results for this strange 2020 could be well above expectations.

Photo: Rolls-Royce.

A Rolls-Royce honey

«Not just cars, seems to have become in all respects an official mantra for Rolls-Royce, which in 2017 decided to start its Goodwood Apiary, so named in honor of the brand's famous headquarters, the Goodwood Plant. Located in Goodwood, West Sussex, just to stay on topic. The Rolls-Royce bees have a private estate at their disposal 42 acres, to which are added an additional 8 acres covered with only specimens of sedum, a succulent plant with flowers particularly sought after for a honey of the highest quality. The most adventurous, however, can go beyond the boundaries of the farm, freely ranging between the more than 12 thousand acres of nature that characterize the Goodwood area. For the rest, once the nectar has been taken, these lucky bees can go to deposit it inside specials design hives specially made for them. That no, contrary to what one might expect, they do not contemplate the characteristic statuette of the Spirit of Ecstasy of the Rolls-Royce house, but only a personalized plate in chromed steel. Sin.

Photo: Rolls-Royce.

Taking care of bees to take care of the environment

It does not seem, however, that the investment of the Goodwood Apiary was made to diversify the automotive brand's business portfolio. In fact Rolls-Royce wanted to limit itself to only 6 hives, thus giving rise to one extremely niche production of their honey. In any case, the project supports Bee Lines, the special charity initiative that aims to stop the decline of bees in the territories of South-East England. Because yes, as we all should know, taking care of bees means taking care of the environment. Beyond the virtuous green aspect, however, a curiosity could arise spontaneously: how much and where do you buy Rolls-Royce honey? And this is where a little disappointment could come. The honey in question, in fact, is not for sale, but is part of a series of gifts that the brand provides for its most loyal customers. To taste the fruit of the work of the bees of Goodwood, in short, it may be necessary to first acquire a car from – going to span – at least 300 thousand euros. Certainly a compromise to evaluate, for truly luxury breakfasts and snacks.

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