Organic Loose Tonda Gentile Romana Hazelnuts

Organic Tonda Gentile Romana Bulk Hazelnut

Grown in southern Viterbo, a few kilometers from Rome,

Coming from organic farming

Tonda Gentile Romana (grown in Lazio and widely used by the confectionery industries)

Tonda Gentile Romana Features

Cultivation of the hazelnut plant in Lazio has ancient origins.

The presence on the territory of the variety Tonda Gentile date back to the pre-Roman era.

The consumption of this delicious dried fruit it spread widely in the following century, even enriching the papal banquets. In fact, in the history of the Roman Carnival the "Knuckles" as a very popular food since Pope Leo X.

The reputation of the Roman Hazelnut has grown over time, reaching its peak in the twentieth century, when it managed to carve out a space of its own in the agri-food market, especially as basic ingredient of confectionery products.

Territory of Tuscia

Today The producer Ferrero uses this variety of hazelnuts to create Nutella.

The presence of the hazelnut in the wild, and in particular of the Tonda Gentile Romana variety, in the Cimino and Sabatino area, dates back to ancient times.

The hazelnut cultivation dates back to about 1412, while before it existed as a shrubby undergrowth plant and we still find it in this state in the woods, especially in chestnut.

Hazelnuts for HEALTH

The properties of hazelnuts, like all nuts, are given by omega3, the most represented, mineral salts (potassium, phosphorus and calcium) and vitamins (in particular vitamin E, a very powerful antioxidant).

Tonda Gentile Romana hazelnut IN THE KITCHEN

Thanks to its strong aroma, hazelnut gives the preparations an intense and persistent aroma.

Could be eaten alone, together with yogurt or fresh fruit, or it can be used for flavor sauces based on butter, to prepare ice cream, semifreddo, puddings, creams, various types of sweets and cakes (they bind very well to chocolate, both dark and milk, and to cereals),

Also to embellish and decorate salads, some main courses of carne (mainly based on pork or veal) and fish.

NUTRITIONAL VALUES:

Hazelnuts 100 grams of these fruits contain about 628 calories.

-Water 5,31 g kcal 628

-Proteins 14,95 g

-Fats 69,86 g of which saturated 4,464 g

-Carbohydrates 16,7 g of which sugars 4,34 g

- 11,2 g fibers

-Vitamin E 15,03 mg

-Potassium 680 mg

- Phosphorus 290 mg

- Choline 45,6 mg

-Glycemic index 25

- Cholesterol 0 g

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