Chocolate Batiaje Paste di Meliga

In the workshop of Casa Vincenti in the Valle Infernotto, delights have been baked for six generations, first among them: the Batiaje

Batiaje al Cioccolato paste di Meliga

the typical rounded Piedmontese biscuit made with meliga flour (maize flour), the true jewel in the crown of the family's historic production. With the same passion, the pastry workshop makes delicious paste di meliga and artisan soft amaretti. This is how the Batiaje are born. The artisan workshop boasts a genuinely historic production and, for its care and methods of preparation, has earned the prestigious Artisan Excellence recognition from the Piedmont Region. Everything of the original, purely artisan character has been kept and jealously preserved. The last descendant, Mirella, and her husband Roberto, the current owners, are happy to carry on the tradition and the historic value attached to it. The Batiaje have been handed down for six generations: today Mirella is the last descendant of the woman who, in 1850, was the first to create the recipe for the famous biscuit. Paste di meliga where the quality of the ingredients has always been safeguarded, choosing the best, such as eggs and the finest local special flours, all strictly GMO-free, as well as very fresh butter. The jealously guarded recipe is the historic one, never changed. For more than 160 years these delicious shortcrust biscuits have been baked in Barge. What is the secret of their goodness? At the base, a generous amount of maize flour and genuine butter. And of course the secret flavourings. Even today they are made by hand, one by one. Today the classic product is also available in a version with dark chocolate chips, with crushed hazelnuts and mixed. Batiaje in Piedmontese refers to the rounded biscuit. Made with meliga flour, used traditionally since ancient times, it was prepared on festive occasions. As for christenings, “Anduma a batiajè" was the local expression used, meaning “Let's go and christen”, and these special biscuits were made to celebrate. The company holds the Eccellenza Artigiana Piemonte mark .