Grano Saraceno di Terragnolo
Terragnolo Buckwheat
The Italian name is a curiosity: saraceno does not point to any particular origin so much as to somewhere far away, and grano to the resemblance, since it is not a grass at all but a Polygonacea, a pseudo-cereal. It suits the Terragnolo, where it is grown on small terraced plots and is known locally as formentom. The documents go back to the 19th century; local memory says the 16th.
Designation
- Certification
- Slow Food Presidium
- Category
- Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed
Where it is made
the Terragnolo valley, under Monte Maggio and Monte Pasubio, Trento province
How it is made
The First World War, which moved much of Terragnolo's population into Austria, could easily have ended the crop; some farmers kept the seed and gave it back out to the valley afterwards.