ABRUZZO DIAMONDS

TRUFFLE HARVESTING: CHOOSE WILD AND NATURAL

FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ITALKA FOOD FOUNDER AND THANKS TO THE RELATIONSHIPS ESTABLISHED BY HIS FATHERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ITALY, WE HAVE SELECTED AN ARTISAN PRODUCER AND A TRULY UNIQUE PRODUCT, HARVESTED, PACKAGED AND SHIPPED IN THE SAME AREA BY A SINGLE COMPANY: THE ABRUZZO TRUFFLE, FAMOUS FOR ITS GOOD MARKET PRICE, EXCELLENT QUALITY AND RARE, BALANCED AND DELICATE FLAVOUR WITH A WILD BERRY AFTERTASTE, AN EXPERIENCE THAT ONLY A TRULY FRESH PRODUCT OF EXCELLENT QUALITY CAN OFFER... IN FACT THIS REGIONAL TREASURE IS A PAT (TRADITIONAL AGRI-FOOD HERITAGE) CERTIFIED PRODUCT REGISTERED BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF AGRICOLTURE, FOOD AND FORESTRY POLICIES FOR DECADES NOW, THE TRUFFLES HARVESTED IN OUR REGION HAVE BEEN CALLED ABRUZZO DIAMONDS. OUR TRUFFLE PRODUCER IS A MODEST FAMILY-RUN BUSINESS, WHOSE PASSION BEGAN IN THE EARLY 1980S AT THE FOOT OF THE ABRUZZO NATIONAL PARK IN THE CENTER OF THE REGION, A LAND RICH RICH IN BIODIVERSITY AND HOME TO TRUFFLES WITH AN UNMISTAKABLE AROMA, ARROSTICINO (SKEWERD LAMB) AND WINE.

UNSPOILT NATURE AND TRADITIONS

THE PROXIMITY TO THE NATIONAL PARK ALLOW US TO OPERATE IN UNSPOILT ECOSYSTEMS: BEECH, OAK, FORESTS, WHERE AUTHORISED LOCAL HUNTERS (TRUFFLE HUNTER) COLLECT THE PRECIOUS FRUITS OF THE HEART WITH FULL RESPECT OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THE TRUFFLES ARE THEN TAKEN TO THE FARM TO BE CLEANED, SELECTED, CATEGORISED, REGISTERED AND SHIPPED OR PROCESSED WITHIN A FEW HOUR. BY COMBINING THE CRAFTSMANSHIP HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION WITH THE MOST MODERN LOGISTICS AND QUALITY CONTROL PRACTICES, WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE CONSUMERS WITH A FRESH, HIGH-QUALITY, 100% ITALIAN PRODUCT THAY IS ONLY 1 DAY OLD: OUR PRODUCER IS AN EXPERT AND AT THE FOREFRONT OF SHIPPING AND HEALTH SAFETY METHODS, SHIPPING FRESH TRUFFLES HARVESTED ON THE SAME DAY WITHIN 24-48 HOURS AT A CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE VIA DHL EXPRESS COURIER. FROM FRESH TRUFFLES THAT VARY FROM SEASON TO SEASON, TO TRUFFLE SAUCE AND CREAMS FOR PIZZA, PASTA AND GOURMET DISHES, TO WHITE AND BLACK TRUFFLE POWDERS FOR VARIOUS USES, TO TRUFFLE FLAVOURED OIL, TO CACIOTTA AND SAUSAGE WITH TRUFFLE: WE OFFER PRODUCTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL FLAVOUR, THE RARE AND UNMISTAKABLE TASTE OF THE ABRUZZO REGION AND ITS TRADITIONS, A TRADITION THAT BEGAN 200 YEARS AGO IN OUR UNSPOILT REGION, A PLACE STILL STEPPED IN HISTORY.