This corner of the province of Pordenone, at the foot of the mountains and bordered by the Meduna and Cosa rivers, is characterized by barren soil, difficult to cultivate. But for centuries it has preserved a gastronomic rarity, an unusual variety of red onion.
Cavasso onions are deeper in color than the Cosa Valley onions. The local women traditionally wove them into braids called riesti using palut, a long, strong reed, and sold them in the villages. During difficult times they would barter them for corn from the low-lying Bassa Friuliana area. From the 1960s, the onion’s cultivation was gradually abandoned, but the tradition remained among the older generations, and the seeds were saved in a few family vegetable plots. Now the local inhabitants are starting to revive the onion and record the old stories relating to its cultivation.
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Cavasso Nuovo and Castelnovo Municipalities, Pordenone Province
Presidium supported by
Pordenone Chamber of Commerce, Municipality of Cavasso Nuovo, Municipality of Castelnovo
A Fil di Tiere
di Gregorio Lenarduzzi
Via delle Primule, 2
Lestans (Pn)
Tel. +39 320 0135391
afilditiere@gmail.com
Michele Bier
Via Vittorio Veneto, 31-1
Cavasso Nuovo (Pn)
Tel. +39 349 1746823
bier.michele@alice.it
Borgo delle Mele s.s.a.
di Serena Ciriani e Christian Siega
Via General Cantore, 50 A
Pinzano al Tagliamento (Pn)
Tel. +39 339 4299867
info@borgodellemele.it
www.borgodellemele.it
Mariagrazia Bozzetto
Via Pordenone, 61
Brugnera (Pn)
Tel. +39 349 2201316
mariagrazia.bozzetto@blu.it
Davide Candon
Via General Cantore
Valeriano di Pinzano al Tagliamento (Pn)
Tel. +39 342 7843151
candon.davide@libero.it
Casedinon s.s.a.
Via Pordenone, 61
Brugnera (Pn)
Tel. +39 392 0006424
casedinon@blu.it
Rino Corrado
Via Stazione, 2
Cavasso Nuovo (Pn)
Tel. +39 333 6830569
giorginazara@libero.it
Gianfranco Cozzi
Borgo Ampiano, 1
Pinzano al Tagliamento (Pn)
Tel. +39 328 3626494
cozspeis@libero.it
Trattoria Vigna
di Mirella Colledani
Via Vigna, 9
Frazione Vigna
Castelnovo del Friuli (Pn)
Tel. +39 339 1788960
info@anticatrattoriavigna.it
Zalpadi Edoardo Braida
Via Villa, 99Travesio (Pn)
Tel. +39 349 0803670
edoardo.braida@hotmail.it
www.zalpa.it
Federica Zerbato
Via Sequals, 28
Colle di Arba (Pn)
Tel. +39 347 9659055
federica.zerbato@gmail.com
Christian Siega
Tel. +39 339 4299867
info@borgodellemele.it
Slow Food Presidium Coordinator
Emanuele Zanon
Tel. +39 338 3146702
e.zanon@me.com
