The product
Zucchine Essiccate al Sole
Sun-dried zucchini in oil, grown in Salento
Code:
93901
Country of origin:
Italy - Apulia
Weight:
230 g
Minimum order:
1 box with 6 pieces
| Description | Naturally sun-dried zucchini, preserved in extra virgin olive oil with capers, chili, garlic, and fresh mint |
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| Appearance | The zucchini slices are clearly visible and maintain their shape even during extraction; the vegetables have a slightly brownish color due to sun drying |
| Taste | Sweet and rich in pulp |
| Curiosity | The zucchini are grown in open fields in the month of April and hand-picked in June and July. They are washed, sorted, sliced with the skin on, salted, and left to sun-dry on racks for 3-4 days. After that, the zucchini are once again sorted, washed, and flavored with Puglian extra virgin olive oil |
| Our selection | What struck us most about I Contadini is their strong connection to the land and tradition. All the vegetables are produced on the farm, using integrated production methods, in fields near the facility, in Puglia. The vegetables are sun-dried on racks as tradition dictates, which is actually a very ancient practice and nearly abandoned nowadays due to its difficulty and delicacy, but it results in an unmatched organoleptic outcome |
| Suggestions | They can be blanched in water with a small amount of vinegar for a few minutes and used to prepare excellent rolls with fresh cheese, tuna, and capers. They are great as an appetizer or side dish, but also for dressing rice salads or fresh pasta |
| Ingredients | Sundried zucchini (65%), sunflower seed oil, capers, extra virgin olive oil, hot pepper, unrefined salt, apple vinegar, fresh mint, garlic, lemon juice |
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| Weight | 230 g |
| Packaging | Glass jar |
| Storage Conditions (packaged products) | Store in a cool dry place, away from light and heat sources |
| Instructions for use | After opening store in a refrigerator and use within 7 days |
| Nutrition Declaration | Energy: 1330 kJ / 317 kcal Fat: 7,9 g of which saturates: 1,3 g Carbohydrate: 22 g of which sugars: 18 g Protein: 32 g Salt: 0,9 g Typical value per 100 g |
The producer
I Contadini - Ugento (LE) - Apulia
Why we chose them
"I Contadini " farm, run today by the third generation, has been founded in one of the most suitable areas for the cultivation of vegetables, in
Apulia,
more exactly in Salento, the so-called "land of sun, sea and wind". The fantastic climate of this land, warmed by sun all over the year, together
with
fertile ground structure and positive sea influence, is perfect to obtain excellent tomatoes and all kind of vegetables.
An "integrated production" technique is applied to cultivate more than 20 hectares of open fields vegetables: long tomatoes, cherry tomatoes,
eggplants, courgettes, sweet and hot peppers, artichokes. Vegetables are naturally dried up by the sun of Salento, so that all the water in excess is
taken away and the product is preserved in its organoleptic and nutritive qualities.
Drying vegetables in the sun is a very ancient art, today almost totally abandoned; even though difficult and delicate, it allows to obtain an absolute
unique organoleptic result: softness of pulp, preservation of vitamins, proteins and mineral salts, and a special harmonic flavour which is by far
more
recognizable.
Short production chain and short label: Edoardo Trentin, with his brothers, takes care of the all process, from cultivation to packaging in olive oil,
without preservatives
From the same producer
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