TASTY PANTELLERIA SAUCE WITH A TYPICAL AND HARMONIOUS FLAVOR: IDEAL FOR SEASONING DELICIOUS TRADITIONAL SICILIAN DISHES

Ingredients: sun-dried tomatoes 45.7%, extra virgin olive oil, capers, sweet almonds, vinegar, white wine, fresh garlic, black pepper, fresh basil, salt.

Are you looking for a PAT product?

PAT stands for Traditional Agri-Food Product. It is a trademark used exclusively in Italy to distinguish traditional and niche products, with such a reduced diffusion that it does not contribute to the assignment of protected denominations such as PDO and PGI. The aim of the brand is to enhance the local specialties obtained with traditional processing, preservation and maturing methods.

Capers and Cucunci (caper fruit) are PAT products obtained from a spontaneous suffruticosa plant. The leaves are roundish and fleshy, alternate and green. The flowers have white petals. Fruits are berries. The caper on the market consists of floral gems.

The floral buds not bloomed are dried in the sun then when they are dehydrated they are put in salt or vinegar, in glass jars, to be preserved.

The dried tomato is a PAT product that is made by washing and cutting into two vertical parts, the tomato (preferably San Marzano). These are placed on an axis with the parts cut upwards and are exposed to the sun daily covering them with gauze to avoid insect harassment. When the tomatoes are completely dehydrated they are stored in glass jars in oil and flavored to taste.

Almonds are a PAT product: Sicilian cultivars have a higher content of fats, amygdalin and sugars than other almonds, which give confectionery derivatives a unique and inimitable flavor. Another salient feature is the absence of alphatoxins in the fruits, due to both the climate and cultivation techniques.