“We had a dream where people returned to the countryside, instead of escaping from it.”
Every year, a micro harvest.
In an agricultural system made for big and industrial producers, small farmers have no chance to survive. We decided to challenge this.
We believe that every hectare represents a cultural, economic and social resource that must be protected.
In 2017 we recovered an abandoned hectare of land around our family home, in the hills around Offagna, Italy, and started cultivating wheat without using chemicals.
This is the beginning of “UNETTARO”
2153 Kg
NOT MORE
This was the amount that we were able to harvest the 11th July 2021 with the help of friends, family and neighbours.
Every harvest is a story in itself, and every pack of pasta tells this story.
Saragolla Turchesco
Is an ancient unhybridized wheat, grown in our fields without the use of fertilizers and pesticides. It is appreciated for its nutritional values, easy digestibility and a creamy nutty taste.
The ancestor of modern durum wheat.
The Saragolla Turchesco Khorasan is an ancient durum wheat not hybridized in the laboratory, introduced in Abruzzo by the proto-Bulgarian populations of Altzec, which came from Egypt in 400 BC.
Because of the low yield (22 quintals/ha), the Saragolla Turchesco has long been forgotten in Italy, and replaced by hybrids and varieties of easier cultivation and higher yields.
This wheat is appreciated for its nutritional values, easy digestibility and a creamy nutty taste. It is an excellent source of protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals, including selenium. Its semolina produces a pasta with a unique taste and aroma and an excellent cooking resistance.
““The best Saragolle of the Kingdom ... excellent for making pasta.””
Every year, a limited edition pasta.
Every year we produce a limited quantity of pasta with wheat harvested in the same season. Not more.
This is because we prefer quality over quantity. To keep the organoleptic and nutritional qualities already present in the field at the time of harvesting, the wheat is transformed through artisanal procedures that involve long processing and low temperatures. In this way the pasta remains a "live" product and preserves the proteins, antioxidants, fibers and amino acids essential for a healthy diet and for the digestibility of the pasta itself.
We use only two ingredients: 100% ancient durum wheat semolina Saragolla Turchesco Khorasan and Gran Sasso spring water.
We are in Offagna, in the Province of Ancona.
If you are part of a buying group or if you are interested in tasting our micro pasta production, contact us!
EMAIL
Unettaro@gmail.com
PHONE
0039(IT) 3331830696