For all of you passionate about gelato, or food and flavour lovers in general, here is something delicious to do this weekend. As part of a City of Rome promotion, 'La Campagna in Citta', on 3th and 4th October, 5 gelaterie in Rome will be serving specially prepared gelati featuring selected high quality seasonal fruit, mainly from orchards in the nearby Castelli Romani hills which you can clearly see from many parts of the city.
One of the fruits being used in this initiative is the very distinctive 'pizzutello' grape, a white oval-shaped grape with peculiar pointy ends. It's especially sweet and firm and much loved by Romans. When it hits the markets in September, the vendors often mark it as 'da sogno', to dream about (or 'to die for'). It's mainly grown on the Tivoli slopes but also in other parts of the Castelli area.
Gelateria Carassale
Via L. Filippo De Magistris 72-78
Melon, blackberry and local organic milk
Gelateria Greed
Via Vestricio Spurinna 97-99
www.gelateriagreed.com
Fig from Zagarolo
Blackberry from Zagarolo
Late harvesting peach from Palestrina
Ricotta Romana
Primo Sale (a bland, smooth cheese)
Carrot from Maccarese
Gelateria I Mannari
Via di Grotta Perfetta 125
Grape, pear, fig, persimmon, ricotta romana/fig
Il Gelato di San Crispino
Via Acaia56
Via Della Panetteria 42
Piazza della Maddalena 3
Terminal A, Aeroporto Fiumicino
www.ilgelatodisancrispino.it
Peach and 'pizzutello' grape from the Castelli Romani
Gelateria Giuseppe Bartocci
Via Alessandria 145-147
A selection of freshly harvested fruit from the Roman countryside
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