Roveja di Civita di Cascia
Civita di Cascia Roveja
A small pea-like legume running from dark green through brown to grey. Some take it for an ancestor of the garden pea, others for a species in its own right, and its botany is still unsettled. It fed the shepherds and farmers of the Sibillini for centuries and has been nearly abandoned; only the Valnerina, around Cascia, still sows it.
Designation
- Certification
- Slow Food Presidium
- Category
- Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed
Where it is made
the Valnerina around Cascia, 600 to 1,200 m, Perugia province
How it is made
Sown in March and harvested between late July and early August.