Honey

Ambrosia honey of divine properties

Honey? Of course yes, why prefer sugar to the exceptional properties of the different types of Italian honey, when it develops 100 kcal more for each hectogram? It also has nutritional properties that from the rank of "sweetener" raise it to that of food essential for our well-being, as it affects the correct functioning of muscles, heart, liver, digestive system, kidneys, blood and bones.

The first traces of honey in European culture are identified in the cave drawings found in Spain. He was one of the protagonists of the Roman table: we discover from the recipes of the cook Apicius its use also in many savory dishes. Even the Etruscans used it to sweeten drinks, but also as a votive offering, while in the early Middle Ages we find it above all to counterbalance the excessive flavor of some types of sauces. With the Renaissance his little "fall"In favor of new sugars and with the contemporary age the complete revaluation.

Honey has unique properties that are completely revealed in ancient and celebrated productions, just think of that of the Iblei mountains in Sicily, the Italian acacia honey, produced between Veneto, Emilia Romagna and Liguria or the characteristic Sardinian strawberry tree honey.