Article published on Saturday 26th May 2012


Red, sweet, and good to eat! no-one can say 'no' to a cherry.



When cherries have pride of place on the table .... then summer is finally here! Tantalising cherries reign supreme throughout restaurant menus, as the starring ingredient in dishes ranging from appetisers to desserts.


Cherries mark the arrival of summer and, for a few days, they have made their timely appearance on the numerous stalls dotted along the Bazzanese road. Running from Casalecchio to Vignola, the road connects the area where this produce is grown traditionally, comprising the 28 towns in the provinces of Bologna and Modena that make up the local cherry consortium (Consorzio della ciliegia tipica di Vignola).

It is hard to resist tasting a freshly picked cherry, especially if it is one of the early varieties, like the Bigarreau, which is the first to mature on large trees, after its characteristic spring bloom, and is now producing its uniquely nutritional fruits. Packed with easy-to-digest simple sugars, minerals, and vitamins, these cherries provide a good supply of carotenoids and polyphenols, which - apart from giving the fruit its characteristic red hue - also act as an antioxidant for whoever eats them. In other words, a taste temptation that you can indulge in without worrying about overdoing it, however moreish they are.


The only downside for cherry lovers is the price, especially in the early days of the season, when they can make a considerable dent in your wallet. "This year the setting of the fruit was rather limited which means that cherries are generally very attractive, plump and few in number, which explains the initial higher prices, on average, than last year," says Roberta Rossi, fruit grower from Bazzano, who will be bringing about thirty different varieties of cherries to the market from early May through to early July. "The first fruits are the Bigarreau variety cherries, which are rich in colour and sweet on the tongue; those grown locally are particularly palatable" .

This is one of the moments not to be missed at Roberta Rossi Farm, whose orchards - as well as cherry trees, also include peach, plum, and apricots trees.

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Article published on Saturday 26th May 2012

Red, sweet, and good to eat! no-one can say 'no' to a cherry

When cherries have pride of place on the table .... then summer is finally here! Tantalising cherries reign supreme throughout restaurant menus, as the starring ingredient in dishes ranging from appetisers to desserts.

Cherries mark the arrival of summer and, for a few days, they have made their timely appearance on the numerous stalls dotted along the Bazzanese road. Running from Casalecchio to Vignola, the road connects the area where this produce is grown traditionally, comprising the 28 towns in the provinces of Bologna and Modena that make up the local cherry consortium (Consorzio della ciliegia tipica di Vignola).

It is hard to resist tasting a freshly picked cherry, especially if it is one of the early varieties, like the Bigarreau, which is the first to mature on large trees, after its characteristic spring bloom, and is now producing its uniquely nutritional fruits. Packed with easy-to-digest simple sugars, minerals, and vitamins, these cherries provide a good supply of carotenoids and polyphenols, which - apart from giving the fruit its characteristic red hue - also act as an antioxidant for whoever eats them. In other words, a taste temptation that you can indulge in without worrying about overdoing it, however moreish they are.


The only downside for cherry lovers is the price, especially in the early days of the season, when they can make a considerable dent in your wallet. "This year the setting of the fruit was rather limited which means that cherries are generally very attractive, plump and few in number, which explains the initial higher prices, on average, than last year," says Roberta Rossi, fruit grower from Bazzano, who will be bringing about thirty different varieties of cherries to the market from early May through to early July. "The first fruits are the Bigarreau variety cherries, which are rich in colour and sweet on the tongue; those grown locally are particularly palatable" .

This is one of the moments not to be missed at Roberta Rossi Farm, whose orchards - as well as cherry trees, also include peach, plum, and apricots trees.

See the article on cherries in the newspaper-->