Molino Roccati

This flour mill in Candia Canavese is run by Piero, Roberto and Sabrina Roccati, helped by Maura Bertolosso. The business was established in 1961 by Roccati senior, who had a lengthy experience of the sector having worked for many years in a mill in the Chieri area. The mill produces flours from cereals grown in the Canavese district, either stone-ground or with more traditional methods – depending on strength desired and expected leavening time – suitable both for bread and confectionery. Locally grown maize is also used to make a craft beer in collaboration with a brewery in the area. In addition to its flours, Molino Roccati also produces pasta, biscuits and typical goodies such as canestrelli, “paste di meliga” (cornmeal biscuits) and “baci di dama” (“lady’s kisses”, chocolate-coated hazelnut cookies), which are distributed in shops in the local area and on sale directly at the mill shop.

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