Quince "A 'cutugnata"
Product included in the national list of traditional agri-food products (PAT)
PAT type: Vegetable products in their natural state or processed
Production area: Villarosa
Technical data sheet of the traditional agri-food product (PAT)
Territory interested in production: Villarosa.
Brief description of the product: Quince dessert.
Description of the processing and maturing methods: Remove the peel and core from the quince apples; cook them with water then pass them through a sieve. Mix the sugar of the same weight as the quince apples and pour into special molds to dry.
Specific materials and equipment used for preparation and conditioning: Pot, wooden spoon, openable round molds.
Description of the processing, storage and maturing rooms: Private houses.
Elements proving that the methodologies have been practiced in a homogeneous way and according to traditional rules for a period of not less than 25 years: From the collection "popular recipes" of the culture and traditions group of Villarosa LSU ex art. 23 Law 67/88.
Source Pat Cards: Sicily Region
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Information contributions: Web, Region of Sicily
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