On Saturday 25 May at the Rocca di Casalina in Deruta, an event to learn about the two Umbrian excellences organized by the Agricultural Foundation of Perugia in collaboration with the Strada dell’Olio Evo Dop Umbria
The first edition of the competition is underway
“The best Tonda Francescana® hazelnut-based ice cream 2024”
Will be held Saturday 25 May 2024 to Fortress of Casalina di Deruta (Pg) the event organized by Agricultural Foundation of Perugia in collaboration with the Strada dell’Olio Evo Dop Umbria discovering two excellences of the Umbrian territory: the Tonda Francescana® hazelnut and the DOP Umbria extra virgin olive oil.
We will start at 2.00 pm with a visit to the hazelnut groves from the Agricultural Foundation of Perugia member body of the Strada dell’Olio evo Dop Umbria and agricultural company that produces, in addition to oil and wine, also the Tonda Francescana® hazelnut (Info and reservations tel. +39 333 2923801).
At 3.00 pm it will start from Rocca di Casalina la walk among olive groves, vineyards and cultivated fieldsabout 8 km, with beautiful panoramic views of Perugia, the countryside of Marsciano and the hills located between Deruta and Collazzone, until you reach the Sanctuary of the Madonna dei Bagni with its 800 ceramic tiles, and then return to the Rocca of Casalina (To participate in the excursion info and reservations: Louis Montagnoli – 347 1715155 or by email [email protected]).
Give her 4.30pm a moment of in-depth analysis will be held on Tonda Francescana® hazelnut to whom they will intervene The Prof. Antonio Bartolini, Vice President of the Foundation for Agricultural Education in Perugia; The Prof. Gaetano Martino, Director of DSA3 University of Perugia; The Prof. David NaderyDirector of the IIS Cassata Gattapone.
At 5.00 pm will start there first edition of the competition “The best Tonda Francescana® hazelnut-based ice cream 2024” designed precisely to raise awareness, through the work of Master Ice Cream Makers this new variety of hazelnut, selected and patented by the University of Perugia, after a great deal of crossbreeding between the main Italian hazelnut varieties. After reaching the milestone of one million plants produced, in fact, the Tonda Francescana® hazelnut has become the reference cultivar for all those environments in which other well-known varieties of the past show their limitations due to increasingly accentuated climate changes.
At 5.30pmafter the presentation of the competition, it will be time for the snack with bread and extra virgin olive oil and tasting of Tonda Francescana® hazelnut ice creams prepared by master ice cream makers for the competition. The tasting will be accompanied by concert of the “Tritone Duo” composed of Maurizio Costantini on double bass and Umberto Ugoberti on accordion. A set of different musical forms, genres and languages, from twentieth-century European culture to jazz, rock, pop, ethnic and dance music, up to film music and klezmer, all contaminated, superimposed, centrifuged and seasoned with a little ‘irony is the hallmark that distinguishes him. At the end of the tastings, there will be the awards ceremony for the “Master Ice Cream Makers” in competition.
The concert is part of the “Music among the Olive Trees and Abbeys in Umbria” series. PR – FESR 2021-2027 Priority 1 – OS 1.3 – Action 1.3.4 “Call for the support of projects in the live entertainment sector”.
For more information
“Umbria” DOP Extra Virgin Olive Oil Road Association
[email protected] – www.stradaoliodopumbria.it
Michela Federici
