A gastronomic link connects France to Sicily, it's the strawberry of Maletto, a town nestling on the slopes of Mount Etna where, at the beginning of 1900s, a strawberry plantation was created for the variety called Madame Moutot of France.(strawberry-tomato).
It is a large, rounded fruit, very juicy and delicate and thus needs to be be kept at low temperatures.
The land of Maletto, fertilized naturally from the mineral components of the eruptions of Etna, produces red, fruity, sweet and fragrant strawberries. Excellently thirst-quenching and rich in calcium, iron and vitamin C, Maletto strawberries are the protagonist in a crowded Festival that attracts thousands of fans from all over Sicily, who come to sample the cakes and ice creams. The particularity of these strawberries is unquestionably their extraordinary delicacy and fragrance and the fact that they are free of artificial processes, and, therefore full of beneficial properties.
