"We want to satisfy the customer, creating an experience of taste, flavour and life that speaks of us"
In the green paradise of the Trebbia
Valley, not far from Genoa along state road 45 leading to Piacenza, which cuts
through the small centre of the ancient village of Montebruno, now 210 souls,
is the 'pasticceria da Carlo', which has been producing sweets with a lovely
history and great quality, such as the famous Canestrelli di Montebruno, since
1886.
These are shortcrust pastry biscuits with
an unmistakable taste, whose origin seems to date back to the Middle Ages and
which were rediscovered in Liguria in the 19th century. Following the ancient
tradition, the shortcrust pastry is prepared and left to rest for a whole day,
then rolled out and cut using flower-shaped moulds. The Canestrelli are thus
prepared for baking in a wood-fired oven and are ready to be distributed
throughout Genoa and beyond online.
"The Forno is the synthesis of our
values: we are the guardians of tradition and we interpret it in a modern key
through the maniacal search for zero-kilometre raw materials and only of the
highest quality, now also biological, making our products tasty and of
exceptional quality," say the master bakers of the Antico Forno di
Montebruno.