Colomba PanPrimo – Secrets of Sicily

Our Segreti di Sicilia line of preserves was born from the love for this land and its traditions, from the scents of our childhood, from our grandmother's secrets and from the rediscovery of an authentic and genuine past. Each product speaks of a specific territory, of a biodiversity that the world envies us. We choose each of them from our own crops or from our network, small and local productions and farmers who work the land with the same passion and respect as in the past. These genuine products are then transformed in our modern canning plant with the help of latest generation machinery. We use innovative conservation techniques that guarantee absolute respect for the original recipe and, at the same time, the preservation of all the organoleptic characteristics of the fresh product and its main nutritional aspects. The absence of preservatives and colorings allows you to taste a genuine product.

The origin of the dove is disputed. On the one hand it is rooted in legend and on the other in marketing. In fact, it seems that the Lombard king Alboin, when he conquered the city of Pavia after a long siege in 572 AD, received a dove-shaped bread from the people as a sign of peace. The colomba as a modern Easter dessert, however, was born in 1930, in Milan, from the intuition of Dino Villani, advertising director of Motta, the famous Milanese sweet factory Motta.

Compared to the doves produced by the food industry, the artisanal ones, made by small producers and master pastry chefs, are generally characterized by greater research into raw materials, the original recipe and non-standardised processes. This allows us to have non-standard but always different products whose quality depends not only on the choice of ingredients but also on the wisdom and knowledge of the pastry chef.

Lemon honey is characterized by a very fine crystallization which gives the product a creamy consistency and this makes it perfect for many uses: sweetening, seasoning, spreading. The taste is delicate, sweet, floral and delicate while the aroma is strong and intense.