Marco Morganti
Parma and Piacenza turkey
Parma and Piacenza turkey
Agrichef of Morganti Marco
Road of the Val Bardea, 162
43028 Tizzano Val Parma
Parma
338.2628348
www.agricheff.it
agricheff@gmail.com
Road of the Val Bardea, 162
43028 Tizzano Val Parma
Parma
338.2628348
www.agricheff.it
agricheff@gmail.com



It has just arrived from Tuscany, he first fell in love with Capriglio and then with turkey from Parma and Piacenza. And today, after a few years of "running in", he continues to expand his kennel month after month: in the beginning he had 10 females and 2 males, today the leaders are about seventy. Marco Morganti, after graduating in Nursing Sciences, he understood that this is his life. He is enthusiastic about the progress and above all the satisfactions that this breed rescued from the risk of extinction is giving him. In collaboration with Pierluigi Pellegri (with whom he shares the activity of chef for Lilt, Italian league for the fight against cancer: they prepare menus to support oncological therapies) is seeing the fruits of commitment. The "recipe" is simple: make turkeys live and eat well. The breeding is in Capriglio, 1000 meters above sea level: the animals feed on fresh grass in the pasture, non-GMO grains and processing waste of ancient grains. No integration.
That of the turkey remains, in general, not an easy breeding, for the high mortality rate. A big risk is represented by predators: foxes, weasels and stone martens that can cause slaughters among adult specimens and large birds such as crows and eagles, that prey on young turkeys.
In the role of keeper breeder, Morganti feels very comfortable. Convinced of winning the challenge he has launched himself: found a young agricultural startup and make it grow year after year. The goal will be to make this breeding profitable through the optimization and planning of all breeding stages.
ROASTED TURKEY
OF PARMA AND PIACENZA
OF PARMA AND PIACENZA
The turkey from Parma and Piacenza was probably imported from Spain during the Bourbon domination in the 1600s. Witness the chef Carlo Nascia, entered the 1659 in the service of the Duke of Parma and Piacenza Ranuccio II Farnese, that in his "cookbook" of 1680 reports twelve recipes on turkey called "pitto" or "pittino" (a name that has also remained in our local dialect "al pitt").
The first-rate quality of its meat lends itself to the preparation of roasts and Pierluigi Pellegri has developed a recipe for a roast flavored with Luigia grass. For the preparation, the turkey is deboned and the breast and thighs are used, the male turkey is more suitable, which can get to 12/13 Kg and which has a perfect breast for roasts. Two roasts are made from each turkey 1,8/2,5 Kg each. The quality of the meat and roasts that are prepared is mainly linked to the type of farming: animals live in the mountains, in little exploited and not polluted soils and they are well fed. The result is unique, excellent in quality and taste, in particular with a pleasant aromatic flavor and greater texture than conventional turkey.
