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Safron and Truffles ...Salts, Honey, and Spreads



Truffle & Salt by Casina Rossa

The original "Truffle & Salt". A heady, aromatic blend of hand-screened, air-dried Italian black truffle and sea salt that transforms anything into an exotic mealtime treasure. From scrambled eggs to pasta dishes, cooked vegetables to pates and roasted meats, it's the ultimate way to enjoy the true flavor of truffle every day. Just a dusting on hot and buttery or juicy foods releases its incredible suite of natural aromatics to make even mashed potatoes into pure heaven!

This phenomenal condiment gave the world the term "Truffle & Salt". It's the original! Featured in NY Times, Gourmet, Food and Wine Magazine, O Magazine, and many others. Used by foodies and 5-star chefs worldwide.

3.5 oz.  $23.99

 

 

Truffled "Trio" Pack by Casina Rossa

A great way to sample our famous Truffle & Salt, side-by-side with Nicola's own 100% black truffle carpaccio, and elegant truffle Acacia honey. Gourmet life was never better than with 3 authentic truffle flavors
3-1 oz. Jars  $19.99

 

Truffle Honey
by I Peccati di Ciacco

A gorgeous, well-balanced version of the classic condiment. Our black truffle-infused honey has a rich millefiori honey base with a richness to match the subtle infusion of real Italian black truffle - a whole flake is visible in every jar.

4 oz.  $9.99

 

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Pecatti di Ciacco
Alba White Truffle Oil by Ca Di J'am
i

From Alba, Italy’s white truffle capitol, this white-truffle-flavored extra virgin olive oil is both aromatic and finely balanced. Each bottle contains actual pieces of white truffle. Spectacular in casseroles, vegetable and potato dishes, soups, gravies, meat sauces/entrées, this is truly a chef’s companion. On popcorn, it’s perfect!

3.3 oz.  $14.99

 

 

RITROVO® SELECTIONS™ Toasted Almonds with Truffle & Salt
by Miller Farms

This should push you over the edge if you haven't tried truffle salt on popcorn???


NEW! RITROVO®'s Truffle & Salt pairs with Miller Farms roasted snacking almonds cooked in olive oil to create a new taste sensation. Miller Farms, a fourth generation, sustainable farm in Modesto, California selected our Truffle & Salt for its quality, aroma, and flavor. Perfect with your favorite glass of wine.

8 oz.  $.99

 

 

Mushroom Spread with Truffles
by
Casina Rossa


Champignon and forest mushrooms, black truffles, vinegar, salt, essence of white truffle. Epicurean ensemble of flavors adds class to hors d'oeuvres, side or main dishes. Blend into melted butter and serve atop baked or mashed potatoes.

3.2 oz.  $7.99

 

 

Fennel & Salt by Casina Rossa

Casina Rossa's top quality sea salt, blended with toasted fennel and organic fennel pollen from Tuscany's verdant Arno valley, is an instant RITROVO® SELECTIONS™ best-seller. An invaluable condiment for salads and vegetable cookery, also magic on bruschette, pastas, and grilled meats.

3.5 oz.  $18.99

 

 

Saffron & Salt by Casina Rossa

Gorgeous red strands of saffron blended with sea salt in another condiment reflecting one of Abruzzo's great food traditions. Try it in fusion cuisine, on our grattini pasta, or in fresh ricotta.

3.5 oz.  $20.99

 

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Pasta, Pasta Sauces and Risotto

 

Foglie di Ulivo
Olive-Leaf Shaped Pasta

by La Bella Angiolina


What better pasta to pair with our La Bella Angiolina Ligurian Olive Oil and Herb Salt than this classic leaf-shaped pasta, delicately flavored with spinach. Toss with heavy cream and veggies, creamy tomato sauces, or Ligurian Basil Pesto.

1.1 lb.  $8.99

 

 

 

Pappardelle
by La Romagna Pasta

Professional and home chefs alike clamor for this thick, wide-cut pasta lunga due to its sauce-gripping texture and fresh pasta consistency when cooked. Traditionally paired with wild boar or rabbit ragus, it also works well with thick mushroom-based or other hearty red sauces.

La Romagna is a family-based, small-scale producer of traditional durum wheat and egg pastas. La Romagna pastas contain the finest ingredients available, such as Apulian durum wheat flour, and pure filtered water. Gradual air-drying before packaging preserves the pasta's hearty structure, full flavor, and sauce-gripping texture.
1.1 lb.  $6.99

 

 

RITROVO® SELECTIONS™ "
Don Antonio" Line Pannocchie
"Waves of Grain" Pasta

by Casina Rossa

A pasta cut unlike any other, it forms a 6-inch wavy, dense pasta "filet" that can be served whole, or broken into pasta corta of any length desired. Its thick texture holds red and white, thin and thick sauces; broken into pieces it can dress up minestrone or pasta in brodo.
1.1 lb.  $7.99

 

 

Gigli Pasta
 by La Bella Angiolina

Top quality durum wheat flour pressed into a bronze die and slowly air-dried, forming sauce-gripping pasta ruffles.

The origins of
La Bella Angiolina go back centuries to a Ligurian folk heroine who created local dishes so delicious that she was named "the beautiful little angel." Faithful to local traditions while using a deft yet sensitive hand and the best quality ingredients, Luca Bastieri and family recreate traditional favorites in the sun-drenched Italian Riviera.
1.1 lb.  $8.99

 

 

Porcini Pasta
by I Peccati di Ciacco

This delicate tagliolini-cut pasta - paired with truffle oil and Casina Rossa Porcini Salt - is the perfect harvest meal. This Piemonte-made pasta is delicate in texture yet rich in color and flavor. Truly a restaurant-quality dish from a bag.

.5 lb.  $8.99

 

 

RITROVO® SELECTIONS™
Barolo Tagliolini
by Ca Di J' ami

NEW! To pair with their wonderful
Pasta Sauce with Barolo.

.3 lb.  $7.99

 

 

 

Pasta Sauce with Barolo
by I Peccati di Ciacco

Designed by RITROVO® to add the spiced background of nebbiolo with a rich, ripe tomato sauce. Perfect size for a meal for two, all you need to add is a bottle of Barolo wine!

6.35 oz.  $7.99

 

 

 

Ligurian Basil Pesto
by Ca Di J' ami

Just a tablespoon of this rich, basil-packed pasta sauce and a drizzling of extra virgin olive oil will send a dish of your favorite pasta on a sun-drenched trip to the Italian Riviera. Top-quality ingredients olive oil, pinenuts, cheese, salt, garlic, wine vinegar.

6.35 oz.  $9.99

 

 

 

RITROVO® SELECTIONS™
Pasta Sauce with Alba White Truffle
by Ca Di J' ami

NEW!
The heady aromas of freshly-harvested white truffle issuing from this vegetarian-based red sauce make it a perfect, out-of-the-jar choice, for pastas or meat dishes. Try on chicken breast or La Romagna Pappardelle pasta.

6.35 oz.  $11.99

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Tuscan Kale (Cavolo Nero) Pesto
by Radici

Hearty, nutritious Tuscan dark kale blended into flavor-balanced Tuscan classic with almonds, pine nuts, local spices. Wonderful on crostini, bruschette, as a condiment for seafood or pasta dishes

6.35 oz.  $8.99

 


Stufato allo Sangiovannese
Pasta and Braising Sauce
by Radici of Tuscany

Turn-of-the-century recipe rediscovered and co-developed with RITROVO® and Mannucci Droandi. Rich, Tuscan-style pasta sauce with exotic spices, an inspiring, "every occasion" sauce ideal for pastas, polenta, egg dishes, or for braising meats.

10 oz.  $10.99

 

Truffle Risotto Mix
by Tenuta Castello

Tenuta Castello's legendary, 'hand-weeded' Carnaroli rice, packaged with a truffle-and-vegetable broth mix to help professional home chefs make perfect risotto. Just add boiling water and white wine (if available/desired) for a rich, complete, 'uni-meal', Vercelli style!

8.8 0z. $8.99

 

Carnaroli Risotto Rice
by Tenuta Castello

Superfino rice most preferred by chefs due to its exceptional quality and structure, owing to high amylose starch content (24%) which improves consistency, resistance to overcooking, and capacity for absorbing condiments and flavoring agents. The ideal rice for long-simmer, non-sticky risottos.

1.1 lb.  $6.99

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Primopan's Gluten-Free Cookie
by Primo Pan

 Made with 40% Piedmont hazelnuts, egg white, sugar, cocoa and vanilla. Crunchy and light, flourless cookie that tastes like a chocolate brownie on a cloud. Perfect with a glass of cold or steamed milk or with a caffe latte.

These cookies are chewy crunchy
and then melt in your mouth!


12 oz. $8.99



Amaretti Sassellese Soft Amaretti Cookies

Rich in flavor of armelline almonds, almonds, and pure sugar and egg white, this tender and richly aromatic amaretto cookie is typical of the interior of Liguria. It took years of searching to find an amaretto of this caliber, and this 100% natural version is pure, delicious, and beautifully packaged.

6 oz. $9.99


Panforte Grande

Varis' panforte has been said to be the best on the market-- packed with high-quality dried citrus and melon, all in a chestnut honey and nut base. Beautiful rustic packaging and long shelf life.

Limited quantity according to season.

1.1 lb. $


Foglie di Mais (Corn Cookies)
by Primo Pan

Light and crunchy biscotti, recommended for dipping in sweet wines such as fragrant Moscato d'Asti, also spectacular alone or with teas.
In the village of Battifollo on the Cuneo side of the Ligurian Alps in Tuscany, the Biga family bakes small lots of their tantalizingly-flavored biscotti according to local recipes. Primopan biscotti contain top-quality ingredients, such as eggs from small farms in the surrounding area, organic honey, raw cane sugar, and stoneground, local wholegrain flours including organic buckwheat. Imported from Italy. 1/2 lb. bag

 8.8 oz. $7.99

Lune di Maggio (Multigrain Cookies) by Primo Pan

Hearty biscotti made from five different stone-ground flours. Undeniably delicious alone or with a caffè latte or glass of milk (also great as cold cereal with milk).

8.8 oz. $

 


Mostarda d'Uva
by IL Mongetto

This harvest chutney, made by slow-boiling Barbera grapes, pears, figs, quince, pumpkin, and nuts, is served with polenta, cheeses, or meats.

a "harvest chutney" made in traditional style by slow-boiling Barbera grapes, Martin pears, figs, quince, pumpkin, hazelnuts and walnuts for several hours in a copper pot to create an intensely-concentrated flavor.  Traditionally served with polenta, cheeses, or meats. It’s so astonishingly flavorful that you’ll soon be experimenting with everything! Try it on vanilla ice-cream for a delicious and different taste sensation. In the Monferrato zone of Piemonte Italy, Roberto Santopietro and his family produce a line of vegetable and fruit-based condiments renowned throughout Italy as a standard for quality, regional authenticity, and poignancy of flavor.
7.7 oz. $10.99

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Fig Jam
by Il Mongetto

Fresh sensuous fig flavor in chutney-like jams. Truly memorable on toast or pastries as well as when paired with aged cheeses. This is a perennial favorite from Il Mongetto that continues to be requested.

7.7 oz. $9.99



Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Grape Conserve
by Feudo Delle Ginestre

Montepulciano d'Abruzzo's Grape Conserve contains at least 70% fruit (not sugar) and has a consistency and depth of flavor that brightens any wine-cheese pairing or culinary adventure can be used for creating sauces for roasted turkey or chicken, grilled meats or game, compote for cheesecake or panna cotta, or as a super jam for the morning's breakfast toast. One taste is all it takes for instant inspiration!

7.7 oz. $12.49


Nebbiolo Grape Chutney
by Ca di J'ami

Sweet, chunky condiment, similar to Mostarda d’Uva but from Nebbiolo grapes, figs, pears, and nuts. A delicious cheese condiment as well as glaze/sauce for meats such as pork and lamb.  I Peccati di Ciacco’s Nebbiolo Grape Chutney is a sweet, chunky condiment made from Nebbiolo grape must, apples, pears, quinces and hazelnuts. It’s a delicious cheese condiment as well as a glaze or sauce for meats such as pork and lamb. Nebbiolo grapes are rich and full-bodied, full of hearty fruit flavors and darker overtones like chocolate and licorice.

7.7 oz. $12.49

 

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    Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Balsamic Vinegar more...
  

Trampetti EVOO
 Chef Selection (leccino, frantoio)

Classic, middle-latitude Italian duo of leccino, frantoio olives, pesticide-free & processed with same state-of-the-art technology as monovarietal champion Trampetti Organic. Well-priced best seller, great for cooking as well as finishing. Chefs love it.

500 ml $15.99

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Trampetti Organic EVOO

This prestigious organic Umbrian oil features an ultra low acidity level and uses olives that maintain the unique flavors and freshness that make Trampetti oil distinctive.

The Trampetti farm is located in the prestigious Assisi-Spoleto hills of Umbria, the central province of Italy, and the gold coast of Italy’s olive zone. Trampetti produces one of the finest organic extra virgin olive oils in all of Italy. Same day processing of 100 percent hand-harvested green Maraiolo olives results in an extra virgin olive oil with intense yet harmonious aromas of freshly-cut grass, fresh herbs and artichoke. High polyphenol levels and an extremely low level of free oleic acid acidity, indicating freshness, is the result of one of the earliest harvests in Italy. Each bottle is silver-wrapped to protect freshness and harvest-dated.
500 ml $33.99


Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Pressed with Sicilian Lemon
by Casina Rossa

Casina Rossa olives pressed with Sicilian lemons. Superb on salads, seafood, and marinades. One of RITROVO®'s versatile best-sellers. 

500 ml $20.99

 

Six-year Balsamic Vinegar
by
Maletti, Decorative Bottle

This vinegar from Modena is aged in an innovative manner, making it a delicious, cost-friendly accent available to chefs of any ability.  In the rich, alluvial soil of Lambrusco di Sorbara in Soliera Italy, just outside of Modena in the Emilia Romagna region, the Maletti family has been producing quality traditional balsamic vinegar (aceto balsamico tradizionale) for generations. The Maletti’s produce their balsamic vinegar from the wine and grape must (unfermented, pressed grape juice and pulp before it’s turned into wine) of selected Lambrusco (red) and Trebbiano (white) grape varietals. Their vinegar is aged in an accelerated yet regulated evaporation process in former wine barrels of French Allier oak. The six year vinegar has an extraordinary density, aroma and depth of flavor with a clean delicate finish. Maletti balsamic vinegar is superb on a wide range of dishes, from fresh strawberries to salad greens topped with Parmigiano Reggiano shavings to most any meat dish.

250 ml $32.99


Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Grape Must, Mosto Cotto
by Casina Rossa

Classic ingredient in Abruzzese cuisine from concentrated must of famed Montepulciano wine grape. A classic for braising meats, drizzling on cheeses such as fresh ricotta or panna cotta, use in vegetable cookery. Try on desserts or stirred with hot water as a soothing beverage.
250 ml $.99

 



sauces, soup, spreads, condiments and more...

 

 

Tomato Pieces with Tuscan Giant Basil
by
Radici of Tuscany

Radici's own farm-raised heirloom tomatoes, halved and packed with extra virgin olive oil and basil.

Organic and flavor-packed, delicious straight out of the jar. Crush or lightly blend to make an instantly superb red sauce. Ideal enhancement for pizzas, out-of-season caprese salads, soups and sauces.


21.2 oz.  $.99


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Ribollita Toscana
by Radici of Tuscany Organics


RITROVO® brings to market one of Tuscany’s most beloved foods, a Tuscan classic with local, organic beans, kale, and other hearty vegetables. Just add broth or water, heat and serve over dried bread cubes or croutons. A delicious addition to RADICI’S other ready-to-eat products.

12.5 oz. $.99



Tuscan Farro Soup by Radici

Chunky, vegetarian stew of organic vegetables, farro, cannellini and borlotti beans, and organic extra virgin olive oil. Combine a jar with an equal amount of hot water or broth to satisfy Tuscan-style appetites. 
Experience an historical culinary treat, once eaten by the Roman Empire, inside every jar of Radici of Tuscany's Ready-to-Eat Farro Soup. Made with cabbage, beet, potato, tomato, farro, carrots, cannellini beans, onions, celery, borlotti beans, extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper. An ancient Italian grain with a firm, chewy texture that's similar to spelt, Farro has been regaining popularity amongst gastronomes in Italy and America. Farro has a nutty flavor and texture and a low gluten content. In the beautiful Tuscan hamlet of Loro Ciuffenna, Sandra Masi, Viviano Venturi, and their small, skilled crew produce an amazing variety of organic products. Their focus is on regional, traditionally-inspired dishes created from local recipes and containing heirloom cultivars. All Radici products are known for pure, focused flavors that elevate any home-cooked meal to restaurant quality. Imported from Italy.

12.5 oz. $7.99

Tuscan White Bean Appetizer
by Radici of Tuscany Organics


Traditional Tuscan staple of Heirloom Cannellini beans from the province of Lucca (Cannellini di Lucca). Tender, flavored only with extra virgin olive oil and sage. Delicious instant antipasto or side dish. Try with extra virgin olive oil on bruschetta, or warm & mix with our oil packed tuna chunks on a bed of arugula for a delicious, protein-rich meal.
10 oz.  $8.99

 

 

Stuffed Hot Cherry Peppers
 by Casina Rossa


Nicola's own family-grown cherry peppers are stuffed with a minced blend of garden vegetables, olives, tuna, anchovy, capers, and herbs to create a spicy, rich "meal in a pepper". A delicious accent to a fresh steak, they also go well in combination with full-flavor cheeses or to accentuate Caesar salads.
10 oz.  $16.99

 

 

Sundried Tomato Rolls
with Pecorino Cheese by Casina Rossa

Tender and rich Apulian sun-dried tomatoes are rolled around aged pecorino cheese and seasoned with Mediterranean herbs to create instant bites of sunny southern Italian splendor. Delightful alone but also wonderful when sliced and tossed over short pastas.
10 oz.  $12.99

 

 

 

Sundried Tomato with Ricotta
by Casina Rossa

Nicknamed "pizza in a jar" because this irresistible blend of ripe red tomato, dry ricotta cheese, and Mediterranean spices turns a toasted slice of bread into a "mini pizza".
3.2 oz.  $9.99

 

 

Mushroom Mix  by Casina Rossa

Flavorful trio of local mushrooms (musk, chiodini, and porcini), flavored with herbs and extra virgin olive oil. Perfect sauce enhancer, appetizer or main dish compliment, a must for any kitchen.
10 oz.  $12.99


Sun-dried Tomato Spread
by Maida

NEW! Super-rich and flavorful sun-dried pomodorini from the tomato capital of Italy.

7 oz.  $11.99

 

 


Abruzzo Piccante Hot Pepper Sauce
by Casina Rossa

Southern Italian classic .... Light in salt and packed with the flavors of fruit and tomato, and fresh hot red pepper. Toss in any pasta dish, cooked greens, meat sauces.

3.5 oz.  $7.99

 

 

Bruschetta Sauce
by CA DI J' Ami

Traditional chunky tomato-based sauce, perfect over Pan di Luna bruschette crackers.

The harmonious blend of tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, and oregano of Ca di J'ami's Bruschetta Sauce instantly turns a slice of toasted bread into a savory bruschetta. Also great as a sauce for short pastas. I Peccati di Ciacco is located in the village of Moneu Roero, in the Piedmont region of Italy. The area is world-famous for its wine and it's black and white truffles. All of their products are made in small batches, following regionally-inspired recipes with careful attention made to maintaining homemade quality and freshness. Imported from Italy.

6.3oz.  $7.99

 

 

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