In the small village of Grammichele, not far from Catania, preservation of vegetables, olive oil has a history.
From this tradition, Giuseppe Ledda had the opportunity to relive old recipes with oil from Sicily, the same as those at Ledda home were handed down from generation to the other , with genuine respect for the past and the careful application of many strict hygienic and sanitary standarts.
Joseph, in his small handicraft industry builted in the 1996 and put in action in 2000, with the crucial help of the law 44 on youth entrepreneurship, reinterprets the ancient wisdom of preserved vegetables ennobled by the oil valuable and the careful use of aromatic herbs. |  |
 | Sense, traditions and ”soft” techniques forms of culture are the fulcrum where the concept of "quality with style" turns around,located under each of the Ortoledda cover vegetables jars.
Ispica’s red tomatoes, Ragusa’s long eggplants , tender lampascioni of Grammichele, Niscemi’s succulent artichokes, precious "Nocellara olives" from Etna, are collected at the right moment of ripeness and inflexible meticulously selected.
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tomatoes are dried on mats under the Etna sun, olives are split with stone wheels, artichokes, eggplant and ” lampascioni”(wild onions) are boiled in traditional ceramic pots and flavored with an excellent Sicilian wine vinegar, pressure cookers do not belong to Ortoledda’s philosophy.
The herbs of Sicily have a role key in the preciousness of Giuseppe Ledda under oil organoleptic products: oregano, basil, mint, parsley, garlic, bay leaves, all fresh, there are strictly broken up by hand to preserve taste and filled with natural fragrances.
Crucial is, finally, the use of selected olives light oil , for covering everything with love and kindness, without force and above all without hurry, because once the vegetable got under oil they are left to mature in a fresh room until they all reach (oil, spices and vegetables) a perfect taste.
On Ortoledda shelves you can find the best selection of Sicilian vegetables also available on daily market . Oil is always natural, without preservatives, hand-packed and rich in flavor - holding the taste of Sicilian sun and its traditional history.
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