An ancient preservation technique, once common throughout the Ligurian Apennines and the Piedmontese valleys, still survives in the Bormida Valley. It involves drying chestnuts in tecci, small one-room stone buildings with a shingle roof. A low fire burns constantly inside, smoking the chestnuts arranged on a wooden rack (graia) suspended two or three meters above the ground. Active tecci can still be found hidden amongst the huge old trees in the chestnut woods of the upper Bormida Valley.
Season
Harvested from mid-September to mid-November, processed, chestnuts are available all year round
Back to the archive > A cooperative of chestnut-pickers has drawn up a production protocol that specifies the harvest area and gives detailed indications about smoking and processing the chestnuts. The chain is completed by skilled local artisans who use the dried chestnuts to make cookies, preserves, creams and ice cream.
Production area
Upper Bormida Valley, Savona Province
Production area
Upper Bormida Valley, Savona Province
The producers
Daniel Ferraro, Luca Ghisolfo, Ezio Ghisolfo, Mattia Olivieri, Marco Bianco e Paolo Riolfo e i trasformatori:
The processors
Agriturismo Ca’ di Voi
di Daniel Ferraro
Frazione Caragna, 15
Calizzano (Sv)
Tel. +39 333 3568200-338 3110258
info@agriturismocadivoi.com
www.agriturismocadivoi.com
L’albero del Pane
di Mattia Olivieri
Borgata Piano, 62
Murialdo (Sv)
Tel.+39 347 3981929
mattiaolivieri1991@gmail.com
Alimentari Gastronomia Valeria Nari
Via Frassino, 31
Calizzano (Sv)
Tel. +39 333 9559807
valerianari58@gmail.com
Bar Pinotto
di Caterina Pesce
Piazza San Rocco, 16
Calizzano (Sv)
Tel. +39 339 3012504
barpinotto@libero.it
Santamaria
Via Sforza Gallo, 12
Calizzano (Sv)
Tel. +39 335 7708025
info@federicosantamaria.it
www.federicosantamaria.it
Trattoria Passaggio a Nord Ovest
Regione Riini,1
Calizzano (Sv)
Tel. +39 335 1349865
p.riolfo@libero.it
www.trattoriapassaggioanordovest.com
Daniel Ferraro, Luca Ghisolfo, Ezio Ghisolfo, Mattia Olivieri, Marco Bianco e Paolo Riolfo e i trasformatori:
The processors
Agriturismo Ca’ di Voi
di Daniel Ferraro
Frazione Caragna, 15
Calizzano (Sv)
Tel. +39 333 3568200-338 3110258
info@agriturismocadivoi.com
www.agriturismocadivoi.com
L’albero del Pane
di Mattia Olivieri
Borgata Piano, 62
Murialdo (Sv)
Tel.+39 347 3981929
mattiaolivieri1991@gmail.com
Alimentari Gastronomia Valeria Nari
Via Frassino, 31
Calizzano (Sv)
Tel. +39 333 9559807
valerianari58@gmail.com
Bar Pinotto
di Caterina Pesce
Piazza San Rocco, 16
Calizzano (Sv)
Tel. +39 339 3012504
barpinotto@libero.it
Santamaria
Via Sforza Gallo, 12
Calizzano (Sv)
Tel. +39 335 7708025
info@federicosantamaria.it
www.federicosantamaria.it
Trattoria Passaggio a Nord Ovest
Regione Riini,1
Calizzano (Sv)
Tel. +39 335 1349865
p.riolfo@libero.it
www.trattoriapassaggioanordovest.com
Slow Food Presidium Producers’ Coordinator
Luca Ghisolfo
Tel.+39 346 4912200
ghiso79@libero.it
Slow Food Presidium coordinator
Federico Santamaria
Tel. +39 335 7708025
info@federicosantamaria.it
Luca Ghisolfo
Tel.+39 346 4912200
ghiso79@libero.it
Slow Food Presidium coordinator
Federico Santamaria
Tel. +39 335 7708025
info@federicosantamaria.it
