Oliver SARRUT, Chili Tiurana, Trumfera tomatoes and onion Albesa and Rose Coll de Nargó enter the kitchens of restaurants Km0

Spring Saturday morning at the entrance of a market that has 800 years. Today we found very early in the Plaza del Mercadal de Balaguer to launch the publicity campaign of the first five varieties grown in Walnut who have joined the catalog of varieties and breeds endangered of Slow Food International.

CULTURES FOUND has published a set of postcards information these varieties and others present in the region destacablement. The postcards contain the image data and the main cultural, agronomic, historical and organoleptic characteristics of the variety or race. Aimed mainly farmers, restaurants and consumers.

Today was beginning to spread them and we have helped the three restaurants of the region recently described the distinctive Km0 awarded by Slow Food. A project proposal, responsible for cooking establishments have offered some snack based on traditional varieties:

· Merced Merced Roads House Restaurant (Fontdepou) has taken a 'mashed Walnut llucià with broccoli and bean Gerb’ and 'onion jam Coll de Nargó'.

· Henry miles from the Dien Restaurant (Vallfogona de Balaguer) has developed an artichoke cream with hazelnut oil and Sarris ‘ and 'paved beans Gerb’

· Ramon Gaspà Bridges Restaurant (bridges) presented in a table 'Hake with broccoli bacon’ and 'White bread with oil of almond and chocolate'.

Restaurants Guide Km0 2012, will go on sale around St. George, includes those establishments that incorporate local foods, and organic varieties and breeds recovery of the Ark of Taste.

Throughout the morning, carried out a workshop sessions grafting fruit trees and old, who wanted, could take them a home. At the stop, you could also find seeds and seed varieties recovery.

CULTURES FOUND started in Rutlla 2008 i, Bye now, co-manages several·Collections of local varieties that include seventy vine varieties, a thirty olive, more than a hundred fruit trees and near 150 horticultural varieties. Has the support of local authorities and the Regional Council of Noguera and Lleida Provincial Council, as well as nonprofit organizations like Slow Food Terres de Lleida, We Sow and what Assembly Farmers.

All these varieties as well as restaurants, shops and co-producers·working together on the project can be found in the section of this website accomplices.