Merkki: Azienda Agricola Borgo al Lago

The farm of Nonna Natalina with her jams and delicious sauces: a delicious passion!

If I close my eyes and open the box of my memories, my thoughts go to my childhood and I see the face of my grandmother and her farm, where I spent the long summer months. I see the stone-built farm house, the large room with the stove, where you could not only warm yourself up, but were my granny also dried the flowers, herbs and fruits which she finally prepared wonderful jams and sauces... magical moments!

In the morning we always harvested zucchini, carrots, eggplants, onions, tomatoes, bay leaves, rosemary, sage, pumpkin, etc. in the vegetable garden. All ingredients to make delicious sauces and jams. After preparing the jams and sauces she wrote everything in a notebook, because she wanted me to learn preparing these great recipes - how beautiful! My grandmother did not know that it was just through her love and passion how I learnt cooking. I use the secrets of my Nonna Natalina today on a daily basis and spread them to my children and valued clients and their families.

From the Tuscan vegetable garden

My Nonna Natalina's vegetable garden was situated in a gentle slope between the fruit trees.

The afternoons I spent with her ​​were magical moments. She always found something to do for me. Above all she wanted me to acquire the craft of farming... including the art of preparing jam.

Yellow pumpkin jam

The jam is very versatile. As a snack on a piece of white bread with butter and a touch of vanilla. If I close my eyes, I can still taste it. But the best moments were when the whole family came together: aunts and uncles, relatives and friends. Then Nonna Natalina served jam with mature cheese and sausage and a glass of good red wine. My memory of it is so vivid that I still can see the dinner table in front of her eyes.

Thanks to my grandmother, I learned everything and I still prepare my children this snack.

Ingredients:

YELLOW PUMPKIN JAM

Yellow pumpkin, sugar, lemon, nutmeg, cinnamon.

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The oil mill is situated on a hill in the middle of Tuscany, surrounded by thermal waters of the area of ​​Chianni. The soil is rich in minerals - this is why our jams, sauces and olive oil are so good and tasty.