Torriana Gray Apple Bio Ancient Variety 1Kg

Organic Torriana Gray Apple, Ancient Variety

It takes its name from the characteristic of its skin, totally rusty, and from the homonymous locality of Barge, where it is grown and from where it originated.

Recognized as Traditional Agri-food Product Italian (PAT).

Un Slow Food Presidium among the old varieties of Piedmontese apples

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The Torriana gray has a rusty yellow color. In Piedmont it was nicknamed "pum rusnent", which in dialect means "rusty apple"

The fruit is round and slightly flattened with the pulp White cream, firm, juicy and very sweet.

This apple with ancient origins offers a high quantity of vitamins and minerals and it is a panacea to face the change of season and the rigors of winter.

Ancient fruits means protection of biodiversity, as well as the environment and health.

I ancient fruits are returning to be protagonists of agriculture thanks to their recognized value in the conservation ofagrobiodiversity and in the development of sustainable supply chains, in environmental sustainability,, in the improvement of Food safety and the health of populations.

This rediscovery, in fact, cannot ignore the local productions and the characteristics of the different territories, the passion and work of the PSmall Manufacturers which in turn benefit from these crops. 

Recipes for the Torriana Gray Apple

- Raw

-Cooked in small pieces and served cold, it is excellent to accompany salami

-In salad with fennel, walnuts and a cheese, celery and a sprinkling of black pepper, oil and lemon

-The best to be baked in the oven, perhaps with a sprinkling of sugar to caramelize the peel. And it is highly appreciated if made into a cake. The Renetta Grigia di Torriana is unrivaled when you want to prepare apple-based desserts. If we try the rennet apple strudel we won't be able to make it anymore

PAT - Traditional Agri-food Policies

They are produced with a limited production, linked to a territory and its history.

Typical Traditional Products they represent the Italy of villages and producers, who tell the ancient past of a place.

In fact, not surprisingly, it is easier find them at events such as festivals and village festivals, where there is a tendency to value e promote the territories.

The fruits of working the land to get recognition, in addition to being linked to the place and history, they must respect methods of realization, conservation, seasoning and creation.

The activities related to the typical product must have existed consolidated and protracted over time, according to the traditional rules and for a period not less than 25 years old.

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Slow Food Presidium

To safeguard this traditional variety, Slow Food has included it in the Ark of Taste catalog and in the Presidium of old Piedmontese apple varieties.

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