Toasted Piedmont IGP hazelnuts 250g: price and online sale

Toasted Piedmont IGP hazelnuts 250g

Here it is, the best hazelnut in the world: the Piedmont Hazelnut IGP in all its fragrance and goodness!

The Piedmont Hazelnut IGP: excellence of Alta Langa

Alta Langa, a well-known area of Piedmont also famous for its fine wines, is the natural homeland of an excellent variety of hazelnuts, belonging to the species Corylus Avellanae: the Tonda Gentile Trilobata, awarded the designation "Protected Geographical Indication" since 1993. Cascina Fontane produces exclusively Piedmont Hazelnuts I.G.P., which due to their distinctive properties are the most sought after by the confectionery industry, in addition to being universally considered the best in the world.

Toasted Piedmont IGP hazelnuts 250g: How is it produced

Cascina Fontane carries out the toasting using the patented method called “Vertiflow”. A jet of hot air allows the product to be suspended, rotating it on itself: this guarantees an even cooking of the hazelnuts. Moreover, these, completely dehumidified, are perfectly cooked inside for a distinctly more fragrant taste.
This process does not affect the product's flavor and cleans the fruits thoroughly, safeguarding their oily component in the final phase, that of sorting.

The hazelnuts are indeed manually selected one by one to eliminate defective ones and ensure perfection.

Cascina Fontane, Piedmont

from an idea of the two young entrepreneurs Cristina Boffano and Dario Sandri. Thanks to their passion, Cascina Fontane has become a true atelier of the Piemonte IGP hazelnut which has one unique prerogative: excellence. She, Cristina, born in 1984... Go to the Cascina Fontane page

Ingredients Toasted Piedmont IGP hazelnuts 250g

Ingredients: 100% Piedmont Hazelnut I.G.P. toasted
Allergens: Tree nuts (hazelnuts)

Nutritional values

Nutritional values per 100g:
Energy 2732 kJ / 661 Kcal
Fat 60 g of which saturated fatty acids 4.9 g
Carbohydrates 12 g of which sugars 5 g
Fiber 7.9 g
Protein 14 g
Salt 0.07 g

Toasted Piedmont IGP hazelnuts 250g: use in the kitchen

Toasted hazelnuts are widely used especially in pastries, but they are also an excellent ingredient for homemade desserts, reduced to granules or flour for making cookies or cakes.
They can also be used for preparing savory dishes: in pestos, instead of pine nuts or almonds, you can safely use hazelnuts, which pair very well with basil and parsley. In bread, instead of using walnuts, you can also use hazelnuts: you will be surprised by the wonderful flavor! The same goes for walnut sauce.

Hazelnuts also go well with spinach and champignon mushrooms.
Generally, we can say that toasted hazelnuts can be used to enrich various dishes based on vegetables, for example, still reduced to granules, on couscous with vegetables, on oven-baked gratin vegetables such as carrots, pumpkin, and fennel, and finally on salads.

How to store Toasted Piedmont IGP hazelnuts 250g At its best

Roasted hazelnuts are a raw product, free from preservatives or stabilizers, and require care to maintain their chemical, physical, and organoleptic characteristics. Therefore, store the product following these basic rules.

The hazelnut contains proteins and fats that have the peculiarity of absorbing odors. Therefore, by storing hazelnuts in the same location as odorous products, they may take on undesirable aromatic notes. The hazelnut does not only “absorb” the smell of other food items but can also “absorb” odors emanating from chemical substances or from the environments themselves.
Protect the product from humidity. Hazelnuts do not contain preservatives: their preservation depends solely on low humidity and low temperature. Light and heat promote rancidity.

Shelf Life: 1 year from the date of production.