Tornareccio, Abruzzi capital of honey

It is the result of a long and laborious work by tireless worker. It is sweet, healing, nourishing. On board our editors tasted for this number, the honey. In particular, the variety or taste from what is considered the capital of Abruzzo in terms of production of the product: Tornareccio honey.

In this small town in the province of Chieti, in fact, honey is not just a food, but it represents much more. It is history, tradition, culture. And these are the main reasons for the delicacy of excellence has become Tornareccio De. Co, which owns the Title Town, which would certify the link of this product with its own territory. With the certification De. Co, in fact, is the same town of Tornareccio that "pledge" to highlight the honey, the promotion and protection over time.

An easy task, this, for the Abruzzo town that has always linked its name to that of honey. With the presence of about 7,000 hives, in fact, in Tornareccio you can try endless variations of honey from wildflower, acacia, to rododentro. Here, where the historical events, even terrible, in successive years have never discouraged the fighting spirit of the place of the producers, who have always persevered in their cultivation of this confectionery.
 
Just think about that during WWII, the Nazis destroyed it completely and at once, the country, then slowly rebuilt by its inhabitants with hard work. Since then, the town "resurrected" on the eastern slope of Pallano Mount near the source of Osento river, extending along a very mountainous. In the past, the country still now remains of medieval walls and an ancient castle that hosts face a special octagonal fountain.

But the detail that is best preserved in Tornareccio is also the element that made this town so well known: the recipe for a honey with a unique and unmistakable flavor. The same recipe that, today, made Tornareccio honey the only one De. Co in our country.