Honey from the Egadi Islands
Product included in the national list of traditional agri-food products (PAT)
Typology PAT : Products of animal origin (honey, various types of dairy products except butter)
Production area:
Technical data sheet of the traditional agri-food product (PAT)
Area of production: Municipality of Favignana (Archipelago of the Egadi Islands)
Brief description of the product: Monoflora (Thyme) and multiflora (Heather and Rosemary) honey. The heather and rosemary honey is a peculiarity of the island, the honeys of the Egadi Islands are characterized by an intense aroma, a fine crystallization and a creamy consistency.
Description of the processing, conservation and maturing methods: Honey from the Egadi Islands is obtained naturally, exclusively by cold centrifugation.
Specific materials and equipment used for preparation and conditioning: Description of the processing, storage and maturing rooms:
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: Already in 1400 the historian Pugnatore wrote about bee breeding in the Egadi islands; other information can be found in the work "Apicoltura in Favignana" by Teodoro Monticelli.
Source Pat Cards: Sicily Region
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Information contributions: Web, Region of Sicily
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