What this product is
Pasticciotto al Pistacchio, a frozen Salento-style shortcrust pastry filled with a pistachio-flavoured cream, sold in a catering carton of 45 pieces of 120 g each (5.4 kg net).
Supplier
Produced by Rocco Food Salento Srl (Catamo brand, Salento, Puglia, Italy), an artisan pastry company active since 1991, specialized in traditional Salento pastries for professional foodservice.
Technical specifications
- Format: 45 pieces of 120 g (5.4 kg net per carton)
- Shortcrust pastry: type 00 soft wheat flour, eggs, raising agent (ammonium bicarbonate), sugar, lard, salt, vanilla flavouring
- Filling (25% of the product): milk, sugar, type 00 wheat flour, egg yolk, corn starch, pistachio cream 13% (sugar, vegetable oils - palm, sunflower, shea, rapeseed in variable proportion -, pistachio 15%, lactose from milk whey), emulsifier (soy lecithin), flavourings, natural chlorophyll colouring (E141)
- Note on pistachio content: the filling contains a pistachio-flavoured cream where real pistachio makes up about 15% of that cream (13% of the total filling) - roughly 0.5% of the finished product's total weight. The dominant ingredients of the cream are vegetable oils and sugar, not pistachio.
- Allergens: gluten, eggs, milk and dairy (lactose), soy, tree nuts (pistachio)
- Storage: keep frozen at -18°C or below
- Preparation: from thawed, bake at about 180°C for 4 minutes; from frozen, bake at 160°C for 18 minutes. Once thawed, do not refreeze and consume within 24 hours
How to use it
Bake following the times above and serve warm; a classic addition to breakfast and coffee-break pastry selections.
Logistics and delivery by LAPA
LAPA delivers frozen with dedicated refrigerated trucks from Zurich to Lucerne, with partner carriers for Ticino, Romandy and Graubünden within 24-48 hours.
Who it is for
Ideal for restaurants, hotels, bars and catering services looking for a traditional Salento pastry with pistachio flavour, ready to bake.
