Every season heralds new ideas for Andreina Serra and her cooking. On her four hectares of land cultivated with integrated methods in Sciolze, she works with her sons Paolo and Mattia to give life to top-quality artisan specialities in jars.
Production centres round antipasti: hence classic Piedmontese (mixed vegetables in tomato sauce,) Sicilian caponata, sweet and sour vegetables, bagna caoda, chutney and tasty seasonal mostardas (with figs, melon, green tomato and ginger) garlic and parsley sauce and basil, borage and spinach pestos.
Compotes feature not only traditional combinations such as pumpkin and amaretti and peach with lavender and rosemary, as well as a sugar-free line comprising strudel, espresso orange, and apple, carrot and Sicilian orange juice. Also delicious are the blueberry and damson juices, and the spreading creams, pear, hazelnut and cocoa and orange and cocoa. Recent innovations are dehydrated fruit, dried at low temperatures to preserve aromas and properties intact, and, more recently, a line of soups and veloutés.
Open by appointment only. Products on sale on Friday and Saturday at the Mercato del Corso in Turin.
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