Lenticchia di Rascino
Rascino Lentil
Rascino is a big karst valley in the Cicolano on the Abruzzo border at 1,300 metres, almost unpopulated and correspondingly intact: orchids, wolves, and two possible livelihoods, sheep or the growing of lentils, spelt and biancòla, a local wheat. What makes farming possible is a major spring, the same that feeds the Peschiera aqueduct and so much of Rome's water. The plateau has always been on the transhumance road down to the Roman campagna.
Designation
- Certification
- Slow Food Presidium
- Category
- Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed
Where it is made
the Rascino plateau, Cicolano, 1,300 m, Rieti province
How it is made
No herbicides, no synthetic fertiliser, no pesticide.