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Tradition • Innovation • Dedication • Amore TRADITION • INNOVATION • DEDICATION • AMORE 2014 NASFT SOFITM OUTSTANDING PRODUCT AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS Recognition by the National Association of Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) is one of the most widely regarded benchmarks of culinary excellence and indicators of success in the specialty food industry. In just thirteen years of membership in the NASFT, RITROVO® received 20 Finalist and Winner awards for products in 12 different categories. 2013 Finalist & Winner - Outstanding Pasta Sauce: RITROVO SELECTIONS™-Casina Rossa Due Formaggi Sauce 2012 Finalist & Winner - Outstanding Pasta Sauce: RITROVO SELECTIONS™-Casina Rossa Puttanesca Sauce 2010 Finalist - Outstanding Pasta Sauce: RITROVO SELECTIONS™-Ciacco Pasta Sauce with Alba White Truffle 2010 Finalist - Outstanding Cookie: Primo Pan Gluten-Free Chocolate Cookie 2010 Finalist & Winner - Outstanding Cheese and Dairy Product: RITROVO SELECTIONS™-Mt. Townsend Limited Edition “Truffle & Salt” Seastack Cheese 2009 Finalist - Outstanding Pasta, Rice or Grain: RITROVO SELECTIONS™-Casina Rossa Pannochie Pasta 2009 Finalist & Winner - Outstanding Vinegar: RITROVO SELECTIONS™ Six-Year Balsamic Vinegar 2005 Finalist - Outstanding Best Seller: La Bella Angiolina Croxetti Ligurian Pasta 2005 Finalist & Winner - Outstanding Condiment, Sauce, Salsa, Cooking Enhancer: RITROVO SELECTIONS™-Casina Rossa “Truffle & Salt” 2003 Finalist - Outstanding Oil, Vinegar or Salad Dressing: Trampetti Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2002 Finalist - Outstanding Savory Condiment, Pasta Sauce, Salsa, Cooking Enhancer: La Bella Angiolina, Ligurian Basil Pesto 2002 Finalist - Outstanding Product Line: Radici of Tuscany Organic Product Line 2002 Finalist - Outstanding Baked Good, Bread, Grain or Cereal: Tenuta Castello Farro Biscotti 2001 Finalist & Winner - Outstanding Pasta, Rice, Bean or Soup: Radici of Tuscany White Bean Appetizer MEDIA RECOGNITION RITROVO® Italian Regional Foods and RITROVO SELECTIONS™ have been featured in several media and publications including: Bon Appetit Fortune Magazine Philadelphia Inquirer Specialty Food Magazine CA Style Gourmet Magazine Portland Oregonian The Kalamazoo Cookie Gourmet News Rosengarten Report The New York Times Magazine Daily Candy La Cucina Italiana San Diego Tribune The “O” List El Paso Times Life & Arts Sante Magazine The Oregonian Every Day with Rachael Ray Magia-Fagioli Saveur Magazine The Wine Spectator Fancy Food Magazine Martha Stewart’s Blueprint Seattle Magazine Travel & Leisure Fine Cooking Miami Herald Seattle Post Intelligencer Women’s Health Food & Wine Magazine NW Palate Seattle Times Viv Magazine Oprah Magazine SF Gate RITROVO SELECTIONS™: DELICIOUS REDISCOVERIES RITROVO® has rediscovered its roots - bringing people together around the table to eat and appreciate high quality, regionally-focused Italian food. With the patronage of our community of customers, we help keep treasured Italian culinary traditions alive. Our producers are truly artisanal: they dedicate their lives to drawing the best products out of the land they have inhabited for generations. Lately, we’ve introduced our producers to one another for international joint ventures that create innovative variations of classic fare. The final result is a line of products that reintroduce you to the pleasure and sociability of eating. A meal with RITROVO® products is already an occasion. Buon appetito! Contents 1-2 ANTIPASTI, SNACKS, and MEALS IN-A-JAR 3-5 BALSAMICS and ARTISAN VINEGARS 6-7 EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OILS 8-9 HONEY AND FRUIT BASED PRODUCTS 10-12 SALTS AND SPICES 13-15 SPREADS, SAUCES, and CONDIMENTS 16-18 PASTAS 19 PASTAS MADE FROM GLUTEN-FREE INGREDIENTS 20-21 GRAINS, LEGUMES, AND NUTS 22 CRACKERS 23-24 COOKIES, CHOCOLATES, and OTHER SWEETS 25 BONUS RECIPES 26-28 OUR PRODUCERS New Products “Truffle & Salt” Mini 50002RIT / 50003RIT Lambrusco Red Wine Vinegar 1602BALS Quadrì Rosemary Snack Crackers 5604TAVO Aged Balsamic - mini 1501BALS Large Spelt Pretzels with Piran Sea Salt 8909SOLN Rigatoni Pasta 1120ULTI Amaretti Cookie Crumble Bark with Dark Chocolate Maranello Corn Stone Ground Polenta 6001TERR Shelled Sicilian Pistachios 5110MAJA / 5111MAJA 14001DIT Matera Friselle Crackers 2124ULTI Spicy Balsamic - mini 1502BALS Barley, Orzo Mondo 10070FER Mediterranean Chocolate Collection 8900SOLN Spicy Balsamic 1310BALS Biancoperla White Corn Polenta, Slow Food Presidio 6002TERR Mozzafiato 80020MILL Sweet Controne “Goathorn” Pepper Powder 20001FER Chef’s Selection EVOO 100 ml 11104ETR Myrtle Leaf, Ground In Jar 10072FER Sweet Red Pepper 5106MAJA Corn-Rice Pappardelle 80113CAS Myrtle Leaf, Whole In Jar 10071FER Three Cheese Polenta 5109MAJA Corn-Rice Spaghetti 80114CAS Organic Balsamic 1410BALS Torrone Bar with Almonds 12304ADI Cremino with EVOO and Sea Salt - Mini 11001GUI Organic Bergamot Oil 50001RIT Trebbiano White Wine Vinegar 1601BALS Dessert Balsamic - mini 1504BALS Organic Cherry Blossom Honey 12303ADI Tuscan Fig Bread with Almonds 5008VANN Famiglia Extra Dense 23008MAL Organic Orange Flower Honey 12302ADI Tuscan Sweet with Orange and Chocolate 5009VANN Flower Trio 1105CAS Organic Sicilian Almond Paste 3100STRAM White Balsamic with Citrus - mini 1503BALS Folgie di Carciofo, Artichoke Leaf Pasta 80103CAS Organic Sicilian Pistachio Cream 3101STRAM Wild B(o)ar Indondesian Dark Chocolate Candy Bar 3102HAGE Gluten-Free Buckwheat-Corn Shells, “Lumache” Pear Balsamic 17100ACE Wine Knots Crackers 2123ULTI 80112CAS Perline Beans 3000ULTI WuWanWo Harmonious Soy Sauce 60001RIT Hand-Made Grissini 6000TAVO Pisciotella-Picholine EVOO LTD WuWanWo Rich Soy Sauce 60002RIT Hot Pepper Flakes 5105MAJA Quadrì Classic Snack Crackers 5603TAVO Seattle, WA 98108 USA • 1-866-RITROVO (748-7686) • (206) 985-1635 • Fax: (206) 768-1191 • www.ritrovo.com Antipasti, Snacks, and Meals In-A-Jar Antipasto delle Casa Snacking Olives with Lemon Snacking Olives with Truffle Sweet and savory variation of our ready-to-eat Tender green olives from Abruzzo packed in olive Tender green olives from Abruzzo packed in olive giardiniera. Blend of Mediterranean vegetables, oil. Notes of bright citrus. Complements cooked oil. Savory, earthy undertones of truffle. By Casina Italian pine nuts, and raisins. dishes and martinis. By Casina Rossa. Rossa. Adaptable to pastas, salads, side 18100CAS • 10 oz.• 6/cs 18101CAS • 10 oz. • 6/cs dishes, and garnishes. By Casina Rossa. 88000CAS • 10 oz. • 6/cs Snacking Olives with Hot Pepper Mushroom Mix Caperberries in Prosecco Tender green olives from Abruzzo packed in olive Musk, chiodini, and porcini mushrooms flavored with Caperberries immersed in brightly-flavored wine. oil. Balanced spiciness. By Casina Rossa. herbs. Marinated and packed in olive oil. Well-suited Garnishes meats, poultry, cheese, crackers, and 18102CAS • 10 oz. • 6/cs to sauces. By Casina Rossa. antipasti. A welcome companion 14009CAS • 10 oz. • 6/cs for wine, beer, and martinis. By Casina Rossa. 80102CAS • 6.3 oz. • 12/cs Sundried Tomato Rolls Stuffed Hot Cherry Peppers with Pecorino Cheese Cherry peppers stuffed with pâté of garden Aged pecorino rolled into Apulian sundried tomatoes vegetables, olives, tuna, anchovy, capers, and and seasoned with Mediterranean herbs. Preserved herbs. Preserved organically in EVOO. Accents organically in EVOO. Delightful steak, cheese, and Caesar alone as well as in pasta. By salad. By Casina Rossa. Casina Rossa. 14014CAS • 10 oz. • 8/cs 14017CAS • 10 oz. • 8/cs Antipasto in EVOO Baby Artichokes Savory, seasonal blend of eggplant, peppers, baby Tender, lightly seasoned Campanian artichokes. Ready-to-eat; preserved artichokes, pumpkin, zucchini, celery, and Leccino in EVOO. Suggested for appetizers, veggie kabobs, olives in vinaigrette. Suggested as a condiment for pasta, or oven-roasting. By Maida. pastas, salads, or pizza. 9302MAD • 6.35 oz. • 12/cs By Maida. 9303MAD • 3 liter • each 9313MAD • 6.35 oz. • 12/cs Cilento White Figs in Vinaigrette Chicory Grilled Fennel Tender baby white figs quartered and immersed in Wild chicory naturally preserved in EVOO. Adds Grilled fennel immersed in white wine vinaigrette. light white wine vinaigrette. Suited for charcuterie dimension to pasta dishes and bruschette. By Complements blue cheese, sliced meats, and plates, cheese platters, or cooked pork. By Maida. Maida. smoked fish. By I Peccati di 9100MAD • 6.35 oz. • 12/cs 9304MAD • 6.35 oz. • 12/cs Ciacco. 6036CAJ • 10 oz. • 6/cs Page 1 Seattle, WA 98108 USA • 1-866-RITROVO (748-7686) • (206) 985-1635 • Fax: (206) 768-1191 • www.ritrovo.com Antipasti, Snacks, and Meals In-A-Jar Tuscan Artichokes Tuscan White Bean Appetizer Chianti Baby Chickpeas Pleasantly firm, lightly seasoned baby artichoke sofi™ Gold Award: Outstanding Pasta, Rice, Bean or Soup: Tender baby chickpeas from Chianti. Ready-to-eat; hearts marinated and packed in extra virgin olive Heirloom Cannellini beans from the province of packed in extra virgin olive oil with a sage leaf. oil. Suggested for a vegetarian Lucca. A staple of Tuscan cuisine. Ready-to-eat; Ready-to-eat format works well for carpaccio or in a farro salad with Packed in extra virgin olive oil and salads and antipasti. By Radici of cherry tomatoes and extra virgin a sage leaf. Complements tuna Tuscany. olive oil. By Radici of Tuscany. dishes and bruschette. Limited 3015RAD • 13 oz. • 12/cs 3005RAD • 10 oz. • 12/cs Availability. By Radici of Tuscany. 3014RAD • 13 oz. • 12/cs Chickpea “Shaker” Vinaigrette 1/2 jar Radici Chianti Baby Chickpeas 1 tsp grain mustard 1/4 cup Piranske Soline Refosco Red Wine Vinegar 1/2 cup Trampetti Organic EVOO tiny pinch Controne Red
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