Truffle Crumble - The Herons
Original and innovative product, able to give a new and unique flavour to all your dishes and which you will no longer be able to do without. A crunchy and tasty crumble that will allow you to add flavour to all your dishes.
Origin: Italy, Piedmont
Format: 130g
Ingredients: Chickpea cream, ground rice cakes 19.3%, rice flour, maize flour, toasted cashews, toasted peanuts, poppy seeds, potato powder, truffle flavouring, salt, dehydrated truffle granules 1.6
The Company: The experience gained over five generations in the cultivation of rice has given its best results in the Granges of Vercelli where the Perinotti family has dedicated its existence to improving the cultivation conditions of Tenuta Pracantone. Theirs was a different choice: investing in quality, experimenting and adopting crops with reduced environmental impact and rediscovering the most traditional and valuable varieties of the precious cereal. Until a few years ago, Italian rice cultivation was based on the production of quantities and the indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, which jeopardized the quality level of the harvest and endangered the survival of the animal species typical of these marshy areas. Only the introduction of a less forced type of agriculture meant that the endangered Gray Herons returned to populate the rice fields. Michele Perinotti wanted to dedicate Risi&co, the company he runs with enthusiasm and passion, to these majestic birds. The company's supply chain starts from the land, that is, from the rice fields, still irrigated by that network of canals and channels created by Cavour's work, to which they apply precision agriculture techniques which represent the new 'frontier' of sustainability in the agricultural sector and which allow you to 'flatten' the ground, avoiding holes and depressions. This allows rice fields to be covered using a minimum level of water and very few chemicals for parasites and 'weeds'. Rice grows in a free, healthy and natural environment. The herons, ibises, frogs and the typical fauna of the area have returned: a natural ecosystem has been recreated. Attention is paid to environmental issues and also goes through the 'soft processing' phase of the grains, which maintains the part of the proteins and vitamins of the A D E K group on the surface. By removing the surface part of the rice, flouraccio is obtained, used in natural cosmetics for creams and scrubs. Flour is obtained from broken grains, which is used in various sweet and savory recipes. This is certified by TÜV Sud, an internationally accredited body: the company uses “Green inside Repower”, traceable and green, coming from the Grosio (SO) source. Since 2018, they have installed photovoltaic panels that have reduced carbon dioxide emissions. The glumes that protect the grain, and which are removed in the first stage of processing, are very rich in silicon and for this reason, they were already exploited in the 1970s and 1980s to make the motherboards of PCs. They were also in great demand by animal product companies for some components of cat and dog litter. Today, the great use of this salt is in green building, for the production of soundproofing and heat-insulating material.
