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Signora pear of the Sinni valley

Signora pear of the Sinni valley: a small, fragrant fruit of shepherds' grafts

Weighing 35 to 60 g, it grows on old wild pear trees that shepherds grafted along the edges of grain fields, between the Sinni valley and the hills running down to the Ionian. Once the most prized pear of the area, it is now protected by a Slow Food Presidium in six towns of the province of Matera.

• Yellow skin at harvest, flushing with red streaks as it ripens further
• White, delicate flesh, highly fragrant once the fruit is ripe
• Picked in stages from July, from trees that still line the fields

How to enjoy it. Eat it freshly picked, or enjoy it in syrup, as jam or dried, which carries it well beyond summer.

Production areas

Basilicata

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