Description
Use and combinations
It is the jam par excellence of breakfast. Excellent spread on toasted bread and, for the most greedy, accompanied with curls of butter. Amazing for the preparation of fragrant tarts or spoon desserts. Finally, it is noteworthy if combined with fresh sheep ricotta and goat cheeses to enhance the flavor.
Curiosity
It is a low calorie fruit but rich in sugars, fiber and mineral salts (sodium, football, potassium and iron). The vitamin content is also very interesting, especially C and A.
The generic name, of ancient use, could derive from the Latin ‘ruber’ (rosso) for the red color of the fruits of some species of the same genus (like raspberry); the specific name refers instead to the leaflets a little’ asymmetrical similar to those of elm.
The sweetest flowers and fruits are a source of nourishment for various insect species, birds and small mammals such as the dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), which often builds nests right inside these wild shrubs.
*From organic farming
**The nutritional values reported are essentially average values and best represent the quantities contained in the product, but small variations due to the seasonality of the product must be taken into consideration, the different degree of ripeness of the fruit used and other factors that may slightly modify the parameters of the individual lots.
