Sweet coated Donna Francesca

Mandorla Filippo Cea
“DONNA FRANCESCA” SWEET COATED
TRACCIATA - 100% ITALIANA
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Filippo Cea is the "elected" almond for pastry in the more refined cuisine. Incomparable, if not indispensable, in the preparation of sweets, almond flour, almond milk and marzipan, which is the main ingredient of the famous Martorana fruit and also the wrapper for the Sicilian cassata. Widely used as a snack in the toasted, salted and coated version.
Cultivars(varieties): Filippo Cea or Toritto's almond; Region of production: Italy, Puglia region, exclusively in Francesca Dellorusso's farm in the countryside of Toritto and Bitritto (BA). Almond altitude: 200 -400 m above the sea level at the foot of the Bari's Murgia. Harvest: September-October; Picking technique: Directly from the tree with mechanical aids on to special nets. Drying and storage: sun dried in shell, and stored in aerated boxes of approx. 250 kg. Shelling and selection: the shelling, the separation and seizing are all mechanical the nuts are then all hand selected. Colour: Reddish brown Impurity: free from parts of plants, free from insects (dead or alive), free from parts of insect or animal contamination Bitter fruits(amygdalin): absent Humidity: 4.0% -6.0 %; Ingredients: 100% Filippo Cea almond - Integral sugar - honey - Gluten free; Coating: It consists in coating the shelled almonds in sugar and honey syrup. This operation is totally manual. |
Storage: The almond, coated and cooled down, is kept under vacuum at a controlled temperature before being packed, in order to maintain the natural flavour.
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