Hazelnut
- Characteristics
- Piedmont and Lazio have documented local productions
Nuts
Italian nut traditions include the hazelnuts of Piedmont and Lazio and the chestnut preparations documented around Serino.
- Examples
- Hazelnut and chestnut
- Local connections
- Piedmont, Lazio and the Serino area
- Prepared forms
- Roasted hazelnuts; boiled or roasted chestnuts
Types and preparations
Chestnut
- Characteristics
- Serino examples include fresh, dried and peeled forms
Try it in the kitchen
Try nuts roasted or in confectionery. Compare plain roasted hazelnuts from two named local productions, then try a chestnut preparation separately. Choose the fruit and processing form needed by your recipe rather than treating every nut as interchangeable.
Read origin and preparation together
Nocciola del Piemonte and Nocciola Romana identify specific products, with their own varieties and areas. The Serino specification covers several marketed chestnut forms. A generic nut name does not supply the same information as the full origin label and the actual form in the package.
