Casentino Traditional Products
Casentino Traditional Products, The Ancient Forest’s Culinary Secrets
Welcome to the Casentino, a land of deep, unspoilt forests and timeless tranquility located in the heart of the Arezzo province. Here, where the river Arno begins its journey, nature is not merely a setting, but the true protagonist of daily life. This is a place of profound silence, a spiritual sanctuary where centuries old monasteries and medieval retreats have flourished for generations. The local gastronomy is a direct reflection of this unique link with the territory, offering flavors that are as authentic, robust, and pristine as the woods themselves.
A Gastronomy Rooted in the Woods
In the Casentino, the art of eating is a testament to the cycles of the seasons and the generosity of the land. Our curated selection brings you the essence of this mountain heritage:
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Forest-Foraged Treasures: From rare mushrooms to wild berries and forest honey, our products capture the wild, earthy notes that only an ecosystem this ancient can provide.
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Artisanal Mountain Cured Meats: Influenced by the traditions of small, isolated mountain villages, our salumi are crafted with patience and local techniques, resulting in bold flavors that are unique to this valley.
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Traditional Mountain Pantry: Discover hand-ground flours, legumes, and preserved specialties that have sustained the monastic and farming communities of the Casentino for centuries.
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Rustic Simplicity: Every product in our collection emphasizes quality and raw ingredients, celebrating the cuisine that has been refined by the generations who called these mountains home.
A Curated Selection of Valley Excellence
Explore our collection dedicated to the Casentino, where every item has been handpicked to let you experience the authentic flavor of the Tuscan mountains:
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Mountain Specialities: Discover the intense, natural taste of products harvested in the Casentino National Park, where the air is pure and the environment is protected.
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Artisanal Pantry Staples: From unique spice blends to ancient grain products, our pantry items are the essential building blocks for authentic mountain recipes.
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Small-Batch Traditions: We work with local producers who maintain the old ways, ensuring that every purchase helps preserve the heritage of these historic villages.
Bringing the Peace of the Casentino to Your Home
At Passione Toscana, we believe that some flavors require a journey to be truly understood. By selecting these traditional products, we are bridging the gap between the quiet forests of the Casentino and your dining table. We manage every shipment with extreme care, using secure packaging to ensure that the rustic aromas and delicate textures of our mountain treasures remain perfectly intact from the forest to your home.
Discover a land where nature and tradition speak in silence. Shop the Casentino Traditional Products collection and experience the authentic, unspoilt heart of Tuscany.
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Roasted Hazelnuts Azienda Agricola Terra di Mezzo:
Hazelnuts carefully cultivated in the heart of the Tuscan Casentino valley. they are perfect for every moment of the day as a healthy, nutrient-rich and tasty snack
Label:
Ingredients: Whole roasted hazelnuts.
Energy value: (Kcal) 708.0/KJ: 2918.0,
Fat: (g) 68.0, of which saturated: 6.0, Carbohydrates: (g) 3.0, of which sugars: 3.0, Protein: (g) 15.0, Fibre: (g) 8.0, Salt: (g) 3.45
Roasted hazelnuts, size 14/15
Net weight 250 g
Origin: Italy
Produced by Società Agricola Terra di Mezzo Srl Bibbena (AR) Loc. Palazzetto 4 in the Capranica (VT) factory, Loc. Vico Matrino 4 Azienda Agricola di Aruba S.P.A.
Azienda Agricola Terra di Mezzo:
Azienda Agricola Terra di Mezzo was born in the heart of the Casentino, immersed in the Casentino forests. Thanks to its proximity to the source of the Arno river and the climatic protection offered by the Tuscan Apennines, the company is able to obtain products of excellent quality. The company boasts more than 35,000 hazelnuts that have been enhanced and cared for since the beginning of the activity, thus succeeding in giving new splendour to both the land and an ancient cultivation
Zolfino Bean "Presidium Slow Food" Le Fontacce, How to use?
Before cooking, soaking is not necessary, it is recommended to boil the product and then season it with a drizzle of Evo olive oil
Label:
Organic Zolfino Beans
Average nutritional values per 100g of product:
energy 1364kj-325 kcal, fat 1.9g of which saturated 0.3g, carbohydrates 45g of which sugars 2g, fibre 17g, protein 23g, salt 0.01g
Net weight 350g
Store in a cool, dry place
Slow Food Presidium
Presidia are Slow Food projects that protect small-scale quality productions that are carried out according to traditional practices.
Produced and packaged by: Az. Agricola Le Fontacce Di Simone Botti via sette ponti ponente, 34 Loro Ciuffenna (Ar)
Le Fontacce
The farm " Le fontacce" was born in 2008, on a farm existing since the beginning of 1800, is certified organic on all its products. Le Fontacce is a producer of the famous Fagiolo Zolfino Slow Food which is so called for its pale yellow color like sulfur, has a round shape and its pasta is creamy and exceptionally tasty. Traditionally it is sown on the hundredth day of the year, also called by farmers “day of the hundred”. It is very connected to climatic conditions and often produces a very small harvest, so much that its cultivation was almost abandoned, in preference to beans having a more reliable yield.
Monocultivar Moraiolo Le Fontacce, Tasting notes:
Medium fruitiness of green olives, with herbaceous hints of artichoke, thistle, basil and rosemary.
Label:
100% Italian organic extra virgin olive oil
Superior category olive oil obtained directly from olives and solely by mechanical means
Olives harvested by hand and immediately pressed in our own mill
Average nutritional values per 100ml of product:
energy 3720kj- 890kcal, fat 99.8g of which (saturated fatty acids 15.2g, unsaturated fatty acids 73.6g, polyunsaturated fatty acids 10.5g), carbohydrates 0g, of which sugars 0g, protein 0g, salt 0g
Store in a cool, dry place away from light and heat
Produced and bottled by Azienda agricola Le Fontacce di Botti Simone Via Sette Ponti Ponente, 34 52024 Loro Ciuffena (AR) Tuscany Italy
Le Fontacce
The farm " Le fontacce" was born in 2008, on a farm existing since the beginning of 1800, is certified organic on all its products. Le Fontacce is a producer of the famous Fagiolo Zolfino Slow Food which is so called for its pale yellow color like sulfur, has a round shape and its pasta is creamy and exceptionally tasty. Traditionally it is sown on the hundredth day of the year, also called by farmers “day of the hundred”. It is very connected to climatic conditions and often produces a very small harvest, so much that its cultivation was almost abandoned, in preference to beans having a more reliable yield.
How to use the Tarese del Valdarno "Slow Food Presidium":
Perfect both raw and cooked, excellent in aperitifs and recipes.
Macelleria Fabbrini
In 1948, Mario Fabbrini founded the 'Macelleria Fabbrini' in San Giovanni Valdarno, a small town in the province of Arezzo. In addition to his wife Rina, over time his sons, Carlo and Andrea, joined the business and now run the family butcher's shop, considered one of the oldest in the Valdarno Aretino. Even today, you can still smell the fragrances and aromas of the past as the butchering and processing of meat is done just as it was in the past.
Label:
Butcher's shop - Pork butcher's shop
7 abbrini Carlo
San Giovanni Valdarno (Ar) Rome, 7/b -
Tel.
Email: macelleriafabbrini@gmail.com
TARESE DEL VALDARNO
INGREDIENTS: Pork, salt, spices, natural flavourings.
Preservative E 252
PRODUCED BY STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE AWAY FROM HEAT SOURCES
Slow Food Presidium
Anfora Vermentino IGT Gabriele Mazzeschi, Tasting notes:
Shows a beautiful and brilliant golden yellow color with amber reflections. The nose is intense, ample but delicate. Has fruity nuances of ripe yellow fruit, floral hints of broom, aromatic and officinal herbs. On the palate, sapidity and freshness burst pleasantly and closing it is exalted by a light, sapid and mineral aftertaste
The wine is the result of a long maceration with the skins. Fermentation and maceration take place in seven hectoliter terracotta amphorae for at least two months, the yeasts are indigenous. Throughout the vinification process, the wine remains in terracotta amphorae.
Label:
Gabriele Mazzeschi
Anfora Vermentino
12% vol.
CONTAINS SULPHITES
TUSCANY VERMENTINO
Typical Geographical Indication
Vines grown without synthetic substances Wine made from Vermentino grapes fermented and aged throughout the vinification period in terracotta amphorae. Wine fermented on its own yeasts
Bottled at source by Le Capanne Società Agricola ss Castiglion Fiorentino-Arezzo - Italy
PRODUCED IN ITALY
Le Capanne
Winemaker Gabriele Mazzeschi has eight hectares of vineyards cultivated with Sangiovese, Syrah, Trebbiano and Malvasia, with a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon and Canaiolo. In addition to producing excellent wines, Gabriele Mazzeschi's Le Capanne winery also grows around 6000 olive trees. The conditions are optimal, gravelly soil in the Tuscan hills at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level. The 6000 olive trees, of the classic Tuscan cultivars Frantoio Moraiolo and Leccino, are terraced on the gravelly soil at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level
Gianduja Cream Azienda Agricola Terra di Mezzo:
The perfect combination of 100% Italian hazelnuts and carefully selected cocoa, for a cream with a unique character and unmistakable taste
Label:
Ingredients: Casentino hazelnuts 30%, sugar, vegetable fats (shea and sunflower), powdered whey, low-fat cocoa powder, emulsifier: soy lecithin, flavourings, vanilla extract. Nutritional values per 100 g of product: Energy value: (Kcal) 573.8 KJ: 2387.4, Fat: (g) 37.92, of which saturated: 12.32, Carbohydrates: (g) 47.20, of which sugars: 44.78, Protein: (g) 6.52, Fibre: (g) 4.52, Salt: (g) 0.00
Store in a cool, dry place
Produced for Terra di Mezzo srl. , Bibbiena (AR) loc. Palazzetto 4 in the Capranica (VT) factory loc. Vico Matrino via dell'industria 7, Azienda agricola di Aruba spa
Azienda Agricola Terra di Mezzo:
Azienda Agricola Terra di Mezzo was born in the heart of the Casentino, immersed in the Casentino forests. Thanks to its proximity to the source of the Arno river and the climatic protection offered by the Tuscan Apennines, the company is able to obtain products of excellent quality. The company boasts more than 35,000 hazelnuts that have been enhanced and cared for since the beginning of the activity, thus succeeding in giving new splendour to both the land and an ancient cultivation
Spumante Brut Nature Gabriele Mazzeschi, Tasting notes:
A brut sparkling wine that is fresh and structured, with a fine perlage and an intense straw-yellow colour.
Label:
Gabriele Mazzeschi
SPARKLING WINE CLASSIC METHOD
BLANC DE NOIRS BRUT NATURE
Le Capanne Società Agricola s.s. Bottled at origin by Castiglion Fiorentino - Arezzo - Italy
750ml
PRODUCED IN ITALY
12.5% vol
Contains sulphites
Le Capanne
Winemaker Gabriele Mazzeschi has eight hectares of vineyards cultivated with Sangiovese, Syrah, Trebbiano and Malvasia, with a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon and Canaiolo. In addition to producing excellent wines, Gabriele Mazzeschi's Le Capanne winery also grows around 6000 olive trees. The conditions are optimal, gravelly soil in the Tuscan hills at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level. The 6000 olive trees, of the classic Tuscan cultivars Frantoio Moraiolo and Leccino, are terraced on the gravelly soil at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level
Anfora Canaiolo IGT Gabriele Mazzeschi, Tasting notes:
Floreal scents, elegant and strong in the palate
Label:
Gabriele Mazzeschi
CONTAINS SULPHITES-CONTA
Anfora Canaiolo
CANAIOLO TOSCANO
Typical Geographical Indication
Vines grown without synthetic substances.
Wine made from Canaiolo grapes, fermented and aged throughout the vinification period in terracotta amphorae. Wine fermented on its own yeasts.
Bottled at source by Le Capanne Società Agricola s.s Castiglion Fiorentino-Arezzo - Italy.
750ml
PRODUCED IN ITALY
13.5% vol
contains sulphites
Le Capanne
Winemaker Gabriele Mazzeschi has eight hectares of vineyards cultivated with Sangiovese, Syrah, Trebbiano and Malvasia, with a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon and Canaiolo. In addition to producing excellent wines, Gabriele Mazzeschi's Le Capanne winery also grows around 6000 olive trees. The conditions are optimal, gravelly soil in the Tuscan hills at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level. The 6000 olive trees, of the classic Tuscan cultivars Frantoio Moraiolo and Leccino, are terraced on the gravelly soil at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level
Commendatore IGT Gabriele Mazzeschi, Tasting notes:
Deep and classic Syrah notes
Fermentation and maceration with the skins for more than 30 days in 10-hectolitre cement vats using indigenous yeasts naturally present in the cellar, malolactic fermentation in barriques immediately after racking, maturation in barriques for 18 months, ageing for 6 months in the bottle.
Label:
TUSCANY
Protected Geographical Indication
SYRAH
CONTAINS SULPHITES
The name Commendatore honours the memory of my great-grandfather Michele Giusti, who was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 27 December 1974. Commendatore is made from Syrah grapes and aged in barriques.
It has an intense ruby red colour and aromas of black pepper, violet and wild berries. Robust body, elegant tannins, pairs well with grilled meats and game. Very persistent finish. Serve at 18-20°C.
Bottled at source by Le Capanne Società Agricola s.s. Castiglion Fiorentino Arezzo - Italy.
750 ml
PRODUCED IN ITALY
14% vol
contains sulphites
Le Capanne
Winemaker Gabriele Mazzeschi has eight hectares of vineyards cultivated with Sangiovese, Syrah, Trebbiano and Malvasia, with a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon and Canaiolo. In addition to producing excellent wines, Gabriele Mazzeschi's Le Capanne winery also grows around 6000 olive trees. The conditions are optimal, gravelly soil in the Tuscan hills at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level. The 6000 olive trees, of the classic Tuscan cultivars Frantoio Moraiolo and Leccino, are terraced on the gravelly soil at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level
Primo Rosato IGT Gabriele Mazzeschi, Tasting notes:
Soft and balanced wine, the persistence ends with notes of fresh fruit
Primo Rosato IGT Gabriele Mazzeschi
Primo is a Rosato 100% Sangiovese, is perfect as an aperitif or pair it with salmon, cream, and potato dishes.
Le Capanne
Winemaker Gabriele Mazzeschi has eight hectares of vineyards cultivated with Sangiovese, Syrah, Trebbiano and Malvasia, with a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon and Canaiolo. In addition to producing excellent wines, Gabriele Mazzeschi's Le Capanne winery also grows around 6000 olive trees. The conditions are optimal, gravelly soil in the Tuscan hills at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level. The 6000 olive trees, of the classic Tuscan cultivars Frantoio Moraiolo and Leccino, are terraced on the gravelly soil at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level
Slice of Prosciutto del Casentino "Slow Food Presidium" Tasting Notes:
Organic Cinta Senese ham bred using natural methods in the farm's woods. This ham is famous for its pink lard. Unlike other types of lard, the fat it is made of has the meltiness of butter, a pink colour and a delicate, characteristic flavour.
Ingredients:
Ingredients: Pork, salt, pepper, spices. NUTRITIONAL VALUES PER (100 g OF PRODUCT) Ki 1122, Kcal 268, Fats g 16 of which saturated fatty acids 5,2 Carbohydrates 0 of which Sugars 0 Protein 31 Salt 5,6
The history of Le Selle di Vallolmo:
The Selve di Vallolmo forests are located in Casentino, a valley surrounded by centuries-old Apennine forests. In this area, still little known to tourists, it has been possible to maintain and preserve the ancient crafts related to agriculture, livestock breeding and cooking, rich in local products. Today, Le Selve di Vallolmo carry on their activity in a sustainable manner and contribute to keeping the traditions of Casentino alive. The company also breeds and processes the famous Grigio del Casentino, a pig native to the area, from which the delicious Prosciutto del Casentino, a Slow Food presidium, is made.
Foramacchie IGT Gabriele Mazzeschi, Tasting notes:
Elegant red fruits and soft
Fermentation and maceration with the skins for more than 20 days in cement vats with indigenous yeasts, malolactic fermentation and maturation of the wine in barriques for 18 months, ageing for 6 months in bottles.
Label:
TUSCANY
Protected Geographical Indication
RED
Foramacchie, produced from Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, expresses the noble and generous character of S nobile. Ruby red with purple reflections, it has the charm of Tuscany, a land of character, fresh and pleasantly spicy with hints of red fruit that give this wine a seductive drinkability. It pairs well with first courses, aged cheeses and grilled meat. Serve at 16-18°C.
Bottled at source by Le Capanne Società Agricola s.s. Castiglion Fiorentino-Arezzo Italy
750ml
PRODUCED IN ITALY
14% vol
contains sulphites
Le Capanne
Winemaker Gabriele Mazzeschi has eight hectares of vineyards cultivated with Sangiovese, Syrah, Trebbiano and Malvasia, with a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon and Canaiolo. In addition to producing excellent wines, Gabriele Mazzeschi's Le Capanne winery also grows around 6000 olive trees. The conditions are optimal, gravelly soil in the Tuscan hills at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level. The 6000 olive trees, of the classic Tuscan cultivars Frantoio Moraiolo and Leccino, are terraced on the gravelly soil at an altitude of 350-450 metres above sea level
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