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Dressed lampascioni with chilli

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Fruit, vegetables and pulses

Fruit, vegetables and pulses of the Apulica regions: 124 products with official protection, by region.

Dressed lampascioni with chilli · Photo: Lucarelli / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized and converted to WebP.

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Sulmona red garlic

Neither PDO nor PGI: it is a traditional Abruzzo product, confirmed in the 2026 national list, and an Ark of Taste entry. A Valle Peligna ecotype that flowers every year, is harvested in early summer and keeps for a long time; the July festival at Campo di Fano and Sulmona's Giostra.

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Gargano citrus

Arancia del Gargano PGI, Limone Femminello del Gargano PGI, bitter-sweet melangolo and a Slow Food Presidium: walled groves, an export history, the harvest calendar and Saint Valentine in Vico.

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Reggio Calabria bergamot

The essential-oil PDO, the three varieties, the winter harvest, the story leading to eau de cologne, the citrus museum and a day between Reggio, its seafront and the coast of bergamot groves.

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Montoro copper onion

A sweet, long-keeping onion: traditional growing, genovese sauce and the Sunday parmigiana, the path towards PGI status, Montoro and its September festival.

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Fagiolo di Sarconi PGI

A PGI since 1996 in eleven towns of the upper Agri Valley: cannellini and borlotti in twenty ecotypes, hand-picked and quick to cook, Grumentum and the August festival.

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Fichi di Cosenza PDO

Passuluni wilting on the tree, cane racks in the sun, crocette and plaits: the PDO of Cosenza dried figs explained through its specification, history, traditional preparations and a day between Cosenza and the Crati valley.

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Santo Stefano di Sessanio lentil

The Slow Food Presidium from fields above a thousand metres: sowing, hand harvesting, the soup that needs no soaking, the Medici village and a route through the Baronia, Campo Imperatore and Castel del Monte.

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Limone di Rocca Imperiale PGI

A PGI tied to a single town: the nearly seedless lemon of Rocca Imperiale, its history since the 17th century, year-round picking, kitchen uses and an itinerary through the upper Ionian coast of Cosenza among castles, roses, rice and clementines.

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Nocciola di Giffoni PGI

Twelve towns near Salerno, one cultivar, the Tonda di Giffoni: the long history of the Campanian hazelnut, PGI rules, the late-August harvest, uses in pastry and cooking.

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Teana miskiglio pasta

Wheat, broad beans, barley, chickpeas and oats milled together: the pasta born to pay taxes in grain, the Slow Food Presidium, four Pollino villages' recipes and Teana's summer.

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Patata del Fucino PGI

A PGI since 2016, grown in the bed of the former Lake Fucino: nine Marsica towns, harvest from July to November, flavour measured by tasting panels and Avezzano's festival.

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Patata della Sila PGI

Six varieties, spring planting and autumn harvest on Europe's widest plateau: the Sila PGI with mushrooms, chestnuts, mpanata, the steam train and the Camigliatello festivals.

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Belmonte tomato

A pink tomato that can weigh over a kilo, brought back by an emigrant in the early 1900s, Belmonte's gammune, the ship-shaped village and the sea around the Isca rocks: a summer guide to the Cosenza Tyrrhenian coast.

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White truffles, illustrative photograph

Molise truffles

White truffle and the other Molise species: regional harvesting rules, truffle hunting as UNESCO heritage, the museum and fair at San Pietro Avellana, the summer festivals and how to enjoy it at the table.

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