BAR OF MODICA PGI CHOCOLATE WITH LATE CIACULLI MANDARIN

Modica IGP chocolate bar with late Ciaculli mandarin A selection of the precious Nacional single-origin Ecuador cocoa meets the fresh and delicate flavor of the late Ciaculli mandarin. This is how our entirely handmade tablet was born, from the processing to the final wrapping. The late Ciaculli mandarin was born in the 1940s in Sicily from a spontaneous mutation. Its name derives from the fact that it is a fruit that ripens later than other mandarins, from January to March. It stands out for its very few seeds, for its sweetness and for being very juicy. The late mandarin is born and grows in the Conca D'oro, a plain which, until the middle of the last century, was a single large garden surrounding the city of Palermo: an enchanted and fruitful place, of which poets and travelers wrote, a place meeting of cultures and civilizations. Despite the fact that cultivated land has been drastically reduced in the last fifty years, the late mandarin, a slow food presidium, is today the most prestigious production of the consortium that brings together 65 small farmers. Our Sicily still smells of citrus fruits.