Flavours of the Land
Timeless farming traditions, long forgotton flavours,aromas and ingredients strictly km0 of the Valle del Serchio.
The Valle del Serchio cuisine delights the palate with genuine, long forgotton, flavours and aromas of our traditional recipes. Precious products from the land, like mushrooms, chestnuts, honey and cereals are used in our simple, healthy dishes like spelt soup, tagliatelle with porcini mushroom sauce, chestnut flour frittelle and castagnaccio (chestnut cake). , sheep cheese, cured meats as well as freshwater specialities.
Garfagnana has three Slow Food specialities - Bazzone prosciutto; an aromatic prosciutto with a scent of moss and chestnuts, obtained from local pigs, reared in a semi-wild state, Biroldo, a special sanguinaccio, prepared with pig’s head, wild fennel, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon and star anise, Potato Bread, made of wheat flour and boiled potatoes, a perfect match to go along with the cured meats of the Serchio Valley.

Our Lavender
Nearly two hectares of the Il Ciocco estate and park is used in the cultivation of the Lavandula Angustifolia.
The Campagna Mediterranea, a small, organic family run business, manually farms the lavender inside the estate using their own distinctive approach to timing and methods.
The lavender flower is collected between June and August to produce various products such as:
- Lavender Essential Oil: 100% pure essential oil produced by steam distillation of the freshly cut flowering tops and stalks of the shrub.
- Lavandin Essential Oil: obtained by the same process as true lavender, though less refined.
- Lavender Hydrolat - Lavandula Officinalis: 100% pure aromatic floral water produced by the distillation of lavender flowers.
- Lavender Hydrolat - hybrid of lavender plants (for use in your iron): water obtained by steam distillation of fresh hybrid lavender flowers.
- Scented Sachets with lavender flowers: canvas sachet that holds fragrant lavender flowers perfect to scent your wardrobes, drawers and linen and also acts as a natural insect repellent.
To purchase your Logo Collection lavender products please visit our infoPoint or download our App!