MELIGA COOKIES slow food presidia

Format: 220 g

A baked product that tells the story of tradition, made with “Ottofile” cornmeal, stone-ground for an authentic touch. The use of this ancient variety gives the dessert a unique character: the slightly coarse texture offers a rustic and pleasant consistency on the palate, while its intense and naturally sweet flavor captivates from the very first bite.

The ingredient that makes the difference

Ottofile corn takes its name from the eight rows of kernels that make up the cob. Also known as the “king’s meliga” — as it was appreciated by Vittorio Emanuele II — it is distinguished by its heart-shaped, flat, smooth, and shiny kernels, yellow-orange in color with a characteristic black dot at the attachment point to the white cob. A precious variety, with a late harvest and modest yield, yet capable of giving the flour an intense aroma and an extraordinarily sweet taste. An authentic dessert that brings to the table the history and excellence of the Piedmontese rural tradition.

Ingredients: stone-ground Ottofile corn flour 23%, soft WHEAT flour type 00, sugar, BUTTER, EGGS, egg yolk, raising agent: disodium diphosphate and sodium bicarbonate, vanilla extract. Cereals containing GLUTEN (WHEAT), MILK, EGGS. May contain traces of nuts, soya and sesame.

Storage:
Store in a cool, dry place.

Nutritional values per 100 g of product
(Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011)

Energy 2204 kJ / 526 kcal
Fat 26 g of which saturates 14 g
Carbohydrate 64 g of which sugars 28 g
Protein 7.8 g
Salt 0.05 g