Parco Naturale Regionale dell'Antola: Products

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The Tastes of Antola Park

The richness of the territory reflects on the abundance in local products. Some products are widespread in the whole region, like pandolce genovese; others are characteristic of the inland, since they are linked to the picking of spontaneous "fruit" like the king bolete, or to the confectionery industry based on the use of chestnut flours. Moreover, there are some exclusive products like chestnut quadrelli and extra jam made with violet petals.

List of the Park Traditional Agri-foodstuffs (PDF, Italian text - 59Kb)

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Canestrello or Canestrelletto

Production area: Inland of Genoa, Val Trebbia. Curiosities: Documented since the 18th century, canestrelli, whose origins are claimed by several towns of the inland of Genoa and the lower Piemonte, are classical ring-shaped biscuits with a central hole....

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Castagnaccio

The Castagnaccio was prepared with the chestnut flour during the holidays. It is a typical sweet with a unique aroma which delighted the month of November and others.

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Chestnut Canestrelli

This canestrello is dark brown and has a crumbly texture and a marked flavor of wood and chestnut. The chestnut canestrello was a poor and inexpensive sweet with which people saved the wheat flour. They used honey as a sweetener, and a particular flavor...

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Pandolce Genovese

Production area: All the regional area. Curiosities: It is the traditional Christmas dessert of Genoa, with a rough aspect but a rich content, recalling the nature of Ligurian people. The tradition to enrich bread with zibibbo is very ancient: as a matter...

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Torriglia Cake

Production Area: Torriglia (Genova). Curiosities "A bella de Turigia che tutti voean e nesciun piggia" (The beautiful lady from Torriglia: everyone wants her, but nobody wants to marry her): this saying, one of the most famous in Genoa and province,...

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