Modica PGI Chocolate with Wild Thyme

HANDMADE IN MODICA

50 g pack .

Ingredients : Single origin Ecuador Nacional cocoa mass with wild thyme (10%), cane sugar.

Minimum cocoa: 70%

May contain traces of dried fruit, nuts , milk and milk derivatives .

Description:

Wild thyme, also called Satra , has a history that is lost in the mists of time. Satra is an aromatic plant endemic to the Mediterranean which, with its lilac flowers and a scent vaguely reminiscent of wild oregano, has always been used for its antiseptic properties . The Greeks believed that it gave courage and ardor, the Romans used it as a painkiller and were the first to use it in the kitchen, in the Middle Ages it was given to knights as it was believed to protect in battle. Having thus become a symbol of strength and courage, today Satra is mainly used in the kitchen and is known for its antibacterial properties. In the Ibleans the plant, with its thousand-year-old and sacred history, grows well in sandy and sunny soils, better if exposed to saltiness. For our bar, the fine single-origin National Ecuador cocoa is left to rest in contact with satra , which, thanks to this manufacturing process, gradually releases its scent and aromatic notes.
The result is a chocolate with an enveloping and persistent flavour.

Nutritional values:

History of Modica Chocolate

Modica chocolate has very ancient origins and finds its roots in what is defined as: "the people of the fifth sun", the Aztecs, who reigned in Central and South America from the 13th to the 16th century. Among the great and wonderful cultures and traditions of this extraordinary people of ancient Mexico, cocoa played an important role: it was in fact considered nutritious food, economic support, but also a symbol of excellent social position. Also used for its benefits and healing properties, it was also attributed a mystical meaning and was considered a vehicle for communicating with deities.

The Aztecs used cocoa beans to make a drink, called xocoatl, which they flavored with local spices and herbs.

The intervention of another people was necessary for this cocoa bean processing technique to reach from distant Messino to our Modica: in fact, Spanish domination, common to the territory of present-day Mexico and Sicily, meant that this method almost found its natural location in Modica.
It was the Spaniards who added sugar for the first time during the processing of cocoa beans.

Even today, Modica chocolate is produced according to the ancient recipe.

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