THE CHESTNUT PARTENIO IN PASTRY RECIPES CASTLE AND BEER DONJON

The chestnut is one of the most popular products of chain of feverfew, in Irpinia, area characterized precisely by the massive presence of chestnut.

The local fruit is distinguished by the clear skin, So it is called Castagna Jonna of feverfew, ie blond chestnut.

You would have thought that this product, in addition to being delicious and versatile, It could also be architect of a real revitalization of the area?

Castello It is a fraction of the town of Irpinia Cervinara, dominated by a medieval fortress and famous for the Chestnut Festival held every year in October.

The Castle Cervinara

Exactly twenty years ago, in December 1999, the village was plagued by a violent flood, which caused a consequent depopulation.

Nel 2013 the young master dolciere Angelantonio Perrotta, After work experience at a renowned Roman pastry, He decided to take over the only bar of the castle village to turn it into a homemade pastry, animated by the desire not to let die the place where he grew up.

In its Pastry Castle Perrotta declines chestnut of feverfew in various ways, using it to accomplish marron glacés, chestnut liqueur, creams and preserves, as well as panettone and doves chestnuts.

Flan with chestnuts, Pastry Castle

Castagnaccio, Pastry Castle

Dove with chestnuts, Pastry Castle

Chocolate egg with candied chestnuts, Pastry Castle

Nel 2014 Raffaele Carofano, cousin Perrotta, stronger than a master's degree in brewing technology at the University of Perugia, He took over the old sixteenth-century mill village creating inside the craft brewery Donjon (whose name derives from the Dungeon, the central tower of the castle Cervinara, still intact).

Brewery crafts Donjon

Brewery crafts Donjon, the remains of the old mill

Raffaele Carofano, brewery Donjon

Several beers produced by Carofano: dalla Jusca, clear bottom-fermented, alla belgian ale Vrasera with coriander and orange peel, up to the most representative, the Jonna chestnut, in which the aroma of the fruit is mild and non-invasive.

From simple ingredient, jonna the chestnut has become such a central element of a larger project of restoration and enhancement of the village Castle, the first example of widespread company in a medieval village.

At the confectionery production Pastry Castle has just been added Pan Jonna, a trunk pan with the feverfew candied chestnuts.
A sweet handmade product with yeast, bourbon vanilla and French butter Britain; 48 the total hours of leavening. As a final step, Pan Jonna is frosted with milk chocolate. Perfect for breakfast and daily snack.

Candied Chestnuts of feverfew

Angelantonio Perrotta, Pastry Castle

Loaf Jonna Processing

Temperatrici, Pastry Castle

Jonna Glaze the pan with milk chocolate

Pan Jonna, Pastry Castle

Pan Jonna, Pastry Castle

The project starring the chestnut jonna of feverfew is constantly developing, also thanks to the contribution of Roberto Carofano, brother Raffaele, sales manager for both activities of the village Castle.

Angelantonio Perrotta, Raffaele and Roberto Carofano

In the next months, the bakery and the craft brewery will add a Country House surrounded by a forest of chestnut trees, born where before there was a grataio used for smoking the chestnuts of the priest, where you can sample local specialties such as chestnut gnocchi with truffles and of course sweet chestnut base.

Gnocchi with chestnuts and truffle

Bean soup, porcini mushrooms and chestnuts

Inoltre, The brewery will be built from a tap room to sample production business and a beer shop.

A beautiful story, that of three young men formed around Italy and then returned to revitalize their town.

Raffaele Carofano, Angelantonio Perrotta and Roberto Carofano

Pastry Castle
Via Castello, 71 - Cervinara, Avellino
such. 0824/844757
www.pasticceriacastello.com

Birra Dungeon
Via Castello, 75 - Cervinara, Avellino
such. 349/1957088
www.birradonjon.it