Contemporary phytotherapy uses dill leaves to relieve digestive difficulties and irritation of the oral mucous membranes. The diuretic and purifying properties make it an ally against water retention and cellulite, as it helps eliminate the accumulation of excess fluids. Dill tips are excellent in the kitchen for flavoring fish-based dishes such as salmon, with their spicy and intense flavour.
If you are looking for a legume with high nutritional properties, broad beans make you high in proteins, vitamins, minerals, folic acid and fiber. Dried broad beans, in particular, provide the greatest protein intake among legumes. Also discover its delicious flavor in soups, to dress pasta, in soups, or as a side dish for meats, cheeses or fish.
Ingredients: peeled broad beans Origin: Egypt Cooking time: 40 min. / in a pressure cooker 15 min.
Centinodia, also known as correggiola, is a medicinal herb known as a natural diuretic and expectorant remedy. For those who want to expel liquids, it acts effectively in cases of urinary retention resulting from irritation of the kidney and bladder. It also promotes the well-being of the respiratory tract, as an herbal tea to free the bronchi and soothe the symptoms of colds.
The olfactory component of Timut pepper is by far its added value, a true explosion of citrus notes reminiscent of grapefruit that stands out unmistakably but also lime and passion fruit. Excellent on fish in general, on shellfish and on lobster in particular. To be used crushed and not ground. It is a particular pepper, obtained from the peel of the berry, with tasteless seeds.
Natural essential oil, extracted from leaves and flowers of Geranium (pelargonium graveolens) from conventional farming, obtained by steam distillation. It boasts numerous properties by virtue of which it is particularly appreciated in aromatherapy, for topical use and for diffusion in the environment. Origin: Egypt
The renowned white and sweet beans provide a special taste and valuable nutrients to many recipes. They represent a natural source of proteins, carbohydrates, fibers, mineral salts and vitamins, with very little fat, and gluten-free. The flavor of cannellini beans gives a delicate note to soups, broths, side dishes for main courses.
Ingredients: cannellini beans Origin: Egypt
Soaking: about 6 hours. Cooking time: 50 min. / in a pressure cooker 25 min.
Roasted peanuts, a tasty snack that we love to nibble especially at aperitif time, perhaps accompanied by a cool drink and in the company of friends. Since we were children we have a sweet tooth for this dried fruit in shell. They offer different properties and benefits.
It was also called the Diamond salt for its bright color, or “salt of the kings” as it was used in the past only by nobles. For millennia it has been used as a therapeutic stone for its multiple benefits on the skin, and still today it is used for inhalations, hydro-salt baths and in the kitchen. For food, just grate it with a salt grinder but remember that its salinity is higher than normal salt, so add it little by little to the dishes.
Jun Chiyabari black tea is a fine variety from the Himalayan hills of Nepal. Featuring high-quality leaves, carefully hand-picked and processed according to ancient traditions, this tea offers a rich and complex flavor, with floral and fruity notes. Thanks to its unique provenance and artisanal processing, Jun Chiyabari is appreciated by tea connoisseurs for its refinement and its ability to transport the senses on a unique sensory journey.
From the heights of Nepal, and from the grains of the Lindera Neesiana plant, comes this citrus-scented pepper, with notes of camphor, eucalyptus and cedar. An intoxicating aroma, which is a prelude to unusual flavors, capable of creating exquisite combinations with first courses, second courses of meat and fish, sauces, mushrooms and even desserts!
From Nepal comes this tea, carefully cultivated in a delimited and uncontaminated plantation, a mountain garden about 3000 meters high. Its aroma is intense, the taste is slightly fruity, with sweet and herbaceous notes. Try this fine green tea, one of the most powerful natural antioxidants and detoxifiers, unique in its Nepalese version.
Elderberry berries, is rich in vitamins and minerals, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-flu, strengthens the immune system, diaphoretic (increases sweating), beneficial for the respiratory tract, improves blood circulation, pain reliever.
Ingredients: pilosella Botanical name: Sambucus Nigra L. Origin: Hungary