Fabio Bertolucci
Marocca di Casola
Marocca di Casola
Il Forno in Canoàra
Fabio Bertolucci
Via Villa di Regnano, 99To
54014 Casola in Lunigiana - Massa Carrara
347.2354711
lamaroccadicasola@email.it
Fabio Bertolucci
Via Villa di Regnano, 99To
54014 Casola in Lunigiana - Massa Carrara
347.2354711
lamaroccadicasola@email.it



The idea was engraved in his mind but he was not sure how to move. Let's face it: at the beginning Fabio Bertolucci knew where he wanted to go, not which path to choose. The fact is that, in his early twenties, decides to leave the city, his studies and to return to the land that had given birth to his ancestors, farmers for generations. Lunigiana is a sweet land, a valley between the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, the Apuan Alps and the Ligurian Sea. Garfagnana is a more austere area, mountainous, but luxuriant and luxuriant of woods between Emilia, Liguria and Tuscany. In the land of Casola, small town in the province of Massa Carrara, between Lunigiana and the Garfagnana, the grandfather produced the Marocca, an ancient bread, suitable to be placed in the saddlebags of pilgrims in transit along the Via Francigena. It is right in Casola, in the footsteps of the ancestors, that Fabio wants to return. After working in an oven as an employee to learn the secrets of baking, opens his own bakery in Regnano, a handful of houses a stone's throw from Casola. Fabio, in 2008, has only 26 Years, but the meeting with the old bakery in Canoàra seems a sign of destiny. "When my friends went to the disco I had to work. I've spent many sleepless nights wondering if I made the right choice, but something told me that yes, it was just what I wanted to do and that sooner or later I would have succeeded in my intent ".
Today, in the Forno in Canoàra in Regnano, the Marocca di Casola is produced, the only one on the market. Fabio Bertolucci with patience and perseverance made it known throughout Italy by beating markets and fairs. Today he can be satisfied: has definitely made his dream come true.
Marocca di Casola
Potato based, chestnuts, grain, salt and water (only), Marocca di Casola is a bread with a high nutritional value. Delicate and powerful, sweet and tasty at the same time, strictly cooked in a wood oven, embodies the history and traditions of an entire territory. Made with products naturally supplied by the land between Lunigiana and Garfagnana, it is made according to an ancient recipe, of which we have news since the Middle Ages, but it is possible that the name Marocca actually derives from the ancient Greek (Marocat which means little malleable, very compact). Able to keep its aromas and flavors for a long time (at least 10 days) it was the favorite bread of pilgrims, but in Casola it was the daily bread of all families, given the ease of finding the raw material in the area.
Suitable to accompany any type of food, especially at breakfast, sprinkled with jam and honey, it releases all its many characteristics. Also ideal with chocolate. Sliced and into small pieces, it also goes well with salty foods and is often used for crostini as an aperitif or appetizer, paired with cold cuts and cheeses. It is enough to satisfy even the most demanding palates with a few drops of extra virgin olive oil and a pinch of salt.
