Fruit, vegetables and pulses

Rosso scritto bean of the Pantano di Pignola

Rosso scritto bean of the Pantano di Pignola: dark red script on a beige seed

A climbing bean grown in Pignola and part of Abriola, just outside Potenza, above 600 metres in the Pantano basin. Cool summers and silty clay soils suit it well; a small group of guardian growers now keeps it alive as a Slow Food Presidium.

• Round to oval seeds, beige with dark red streaks that look like handwriting
• Bound to the Pantano's microclimate, where summer highs stay below 30 °C
• A mark from the guardian growers' association identifies beans grown to their own rules

How to enjoy it. For centuries beans were a staple for local farming families, as a survey of 1811 already records. Quantities stay small, and the harvest runs from early September into early October.

Production areas

Basilicata

Season

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