The territory of San Lorenzo in Campo, moulded by the fields farmed by men, is a rich and fertile land that offers tasty gifts for the table. Tradition and innovation meet in the production if its wine and food excellencies. Spelt is one of its most appreciated products: this cereal’s history is as ancient as mankind’s: originally cultivated in Mesopotamia and Egypt, it became a protagonist of the Roman culture, being used to feed and pay the legions and also as an offering in religious rites. Nowadays spelt acquired fame again due to its nutritious properties and to rigorously biological cultivation methods, based on quality standards that here in San Lorenzo in Campo reach to the top. With the spikes that gild its hills, a rich variety of products is made, all sharing beneficial effects and savoury tastes, such as pearled and integral spelt, puffed and honey spelt, as well as flour, pasta, biscuits, crackers and chocolate tablets. It is also the basic ingredient of “castagnolo” (a sweet round fritter usually mad for carnival), a typical regional sweet and the protagonist of the “Festival of Castagnolo”. Another golden local product is honey. Sweet, thick, bright and rich with nutritive qualities, honey is a typical landmark: “millefiori” (thousand flowers) honey, most of all, is the summary of all can be offered by the flowers that cover the meadows and the fields of a land. No “millefiori” honey is like any other, and one can be sure that the one from San Lorenzo in Campo fears no comparison, as is witnessed by many prizes awarded to “Mieleria di San Lorenzo” (St. Laurent’s honey factory), the main local honey producer. This firm offers a rich variety of honeys, each bearing peculiar characteristics. Further to “Millefiori”, one can choose acacia honey (many acacia trees brighten the fields around San Lorenzo), tilia honey (very fresh and perfect for infusions), coriander honey (bearing a citrus taste and a spicy flavour), rapeseed honey (perfect when coupled with cheese) and chestnut tree honey.
San Lorenzo in Campo