August is the period that all Abruzzo families associate with tomatoes. All thanks to the tradition that, every year, wants to produce the tomato sauce at home. It is a moment of work but also of family gathering where you joke, tell stories from the past and tackle the past theme with extreme seriousness and skill.
Each house in the countryside has its own vegetable garden where tomatoes are regularly planted which will become “buttije”, a dialect term that indicates bottles of tomato sauce.
Because the Abruzzese Tomato has always been appreciated for the low presence of seeds and abundant pulp that make it ideal for puree. Furthermore, its sweet and velvety taste makes it truly inimitable for an excellent puree, clearly superior to commercial ones.
The Abruzzese Tomato Passata is the basis of the many tasty sauces and sauces of the Abruzzo tradition. Together with spices and other products, various Abruzzo seasonings are obtained