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Basilicata is famous for its red peppers, which are slow cooked in the tomato passata to create a smoky rich sauce ideal to serve on fettuccine and wide pasta such as pappardelle. This tomato sauce is traditionally served topped with Pecorino cheese. You may also try toasted bread crumbs, chopped parsley or basil for a new twist. This sauce is also perfect to use when making lasagne, vegetable stews and baked casseroles.
INGREDIENTS:Tomato puree, Extra virgin olive oil, Peppers, Salt and Sugar, Basil, Garlic
THE PRODUCER:
The Belfiore family has been farming since the 1800s. Their farm, the Azienda Mirogallo, is on 70 acres of land in Lucania, the southern portion of Basilicata.Matera’s surrounding area is knows as Lucana, a very fertile valley dotted with family farms, locally named “Masserie.”
The Mirogallo family is specialized in the cultivation and preservation of heirloom varieties of fruit and vegetable from which they hand-make very high quality pantry products. Everything is put in a jar by Masseria Mirogallo comes from the fields around and the only preservatives that are used are vine- gar and salt. Every summer, the Mirogallo farm is bustling with many farm-workers hand harvesting perfectly sun-ripe fruit and vegetables. Inside the old white washed farm building, a state-of- the-art kitchen transforms the bounty of every day into a wide array of jars of all color and sizes.
Basilicata is famous for its red peppers, which are slow cooked in the tomato passata to create a smoky rich sauce ideal to serve on fettuccine and wide pasta such as pappardelle. This tomato sauce is traditionally served topped with Pecorino cheese. You may also try toasted bread crumbs, chopped parsley or basil for a new twist. This sauce is also perfect to use when making lasagne, vegetable stews and baked casseroles.
INGREDIENTS:Tomato puree, Extra virgin olive oil, Peppers, Salt and Sugar, Basil, Garlic
THE PRODUCER:
The Belfiore family has been farming since the 1800s. Their farm, the Azienda Mirogallo, is on 70 acres of land in Lucania, the southern portion of Basilicata.Matera’s surrounding area is knows as Lucana, a very fertile valley dotted with family farms, locally named “Masserie.”
The Mirogallo family is specialized in the cultivation and preservation of heirloom varieties of fruit and vegetable from which they hand-make very high quality pantry products. Everything is put in a jar by Masseria Mirogallo comes from the fields around and the only preservatives that are used are vine- gar and salt. Every summer, the Mirogallo farm is bustling with many farm-workers hand harvesting perfectly sun-ripe fruit and vegetables. Inside the old white washed farm building, a state-of- the-art kitchen transforms the bounty of every day into a wide array of jars of all color and sizes.