IRecently people has rediscovered the dietetic importance of legumes and spelt, once considered âmeat of poor peopleâ for their exceptional richness of proteins, fibres, vitamins and mineral salt.
 Abruzzo offers a lot in this kind of products derived by marginal cultivations in mountain, protected and guaranteed. Chickpeas, chickling, beans, peas, broad beans and above all lentils, as those of Santo Stefano di Sessanio, considered the most delicious for their thin and red skin and their size.
Spelt, national food and gold food of ancient Romans and before of Egyptians and Etruscan, the most ancient cereal forgotten in the modern age, has been rediscovered by the modern science of alimentation, which recognized and decreed its superiority pelt is the most complete cereal thanks to its high content of vegetable proteins, vitamins, fibres and mineral salts. Spelt is used for cooking in flour or bran for polenta, dry pasta, bread, cakes or in grains for soup.
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