Authentic Italian Gourmet Food and Products

Some people love to end their meal with something sweet. Others like to enjoy a spoonful of their favourite dessert in the evening, on the sofa, while watching a film or TV series. Some treat themselves to a few nibbles while curled up with a book. Others still take a minute to relax on their balcony in summer with their favourite biscuits, or eagerly await Christmas time when they can enjoy a slice of panettone. Small, light-hearted temptations: our selection will treat you to a moment of sweet, carefree indulgence any time you want.

Peppers, eggplants, onions, and again: cauliflower, celery, carrots, pumpkin… sometimes we think of vegetables “only” as a source of vitamins, minerals and substances that contribute to our well-being. However, forgetting their taste and great versatility would be a real sin. Well then, if a sin must be committed, let it be a sin of gluttony: our selection of sauces and vegetables in oil will conquer even the most refined palates and turn your pantry into a vegetable garden ready to give its fruits in every season, 365 days a year.

As red as fire, as red as the heart. Red is the colour of passion, and for those who love cooking, it’s the colour of homemade tomato sauce. When time is tight, life gets hectic, or you’re far away from home and menus are written in an unknown language, that’s when you crave for the simplest, yummiest, and most indispensable of condiments. The world has no language barriers when on the table there’s a plate of pasta with tomato sauce, a pizza, or ketchup, or French fries to dip into ketchup. Ask any Italian, and they’ll have at least one special memory accompanied by the sweet smell of red tomato passata.

We make our sauces and passata using ripe tomatoes picked from the best plants in mid-August. Tomatoes are hand-picked one by one and processed locally, adding only a few 100% natural ingredients to deliver that same authentic smell.

My mamma simply cannot set the table without finding a spot for the bottle of olive oil. She tried many different kinds over the years before she found the perfect one. Grandmother used to tell us to mix a few drops of olive oil with honey if we had a sore throat. We could safely say that our entire lives and our memories are drizzled with olive oil, the very same olive oil that is in the majority of our favourite dishes. It could take hours to list all of its properties. Olive oil prevents and cures. Just a few of its characteristics include protection for the stomach and the intestines as well as the nervous system. It can prevent heart attacks, and it is an elixir for your skin and hair. This Mediterranean diet staple has historically been used by many cultures as more than just an ingredient. For Catholics, olive oil is a symbol of peace, the ancient Romans used it as a bargaining chip, and for athletes competing at the Parthenon it was a prize that was just as valuable as gold. Epic poems and philosophers' writings talk about olive oil. Homer calls it "liquid gold". Over the centuries, olive oil has become an essential element in our culture and on our table.