Trasimeno Bean from the Slow Food Presidium 250 gr

PRODUCER:Flavio Orsini
PRODUCTION AREA: Passignano on Trasimeno (Pg)
WEIGHT: 250 gr
SHORT DESCRIPTION: the Trasimeno Bean by Flavio Orsini grown along the banks of the
Lake Trasimeno in sandy and humid soils, uses the Slow Food Presidium brand. The
The Slow Food Presidium bean is characterised by the multi-coloured seeds which range from
cream white to black, to highlight the precise use during the sowing phase – strictly
manual - of all the typical ecotypes of the lake territory. Also the harvest, in staggered order between the end of
July and the beginning of October, thus involving numerous passages on the field, still happens in
hand as well as the subsequent phase of beating. The small size and the very thin skin
It therefore does not require soaking before cooking.
USE: With a very delicate flavour, it does not require any condiments to be better appreciated.
important: in soup, or even better simply boiled and seasoned with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
quality virgin olive oil, perhaps from the typical Trasimeno cultivar, the Dolce Agogia.
Umbrian tradition instead provides for a typical recipe combined with lake fish where the
The more intense flavour of the fish is toned down by the delicate taste of this precious legume.