Holidays in Sicily: in Susafa, the ecological estate to learn the peasant culture

To understand Susafa estate and boutique hotel in the Madonie (one of the most beautiful areas for holidays in Sicily) you can start by spelling out the word itself: «Susafa» in Sicilian dialect means «si sa fa» and that is «he knows how to do it alone». In fact, it is about a self-sufficient estate that has been producing everything it offers for five generations: from the food served in the restaurant to the cosmetic products in the rooms, based on extra virgin olive oil. Even the water is collected locally, from small lakes scattered throughout the area, and then purified and sanitized without wasting even a drop.

Susafa, as well as an estate, is an elegant charming hotel

TO Susafa there are therefore orchards, a vegetable garden to supply the kitchen, more than three thousand hectares of fields cultivated with wheat (with which flour, bread, pasta and traditional sweets are produced), olive trees, cherry trees, gardens of medicinal plants and aromatic herbs. The restaurant, in stone, is a centuries-old granary, while the rooms are built in ancient stables and armories: ideal for spending your holidays in Sicily in the name of authenticity.

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What is Susafa, the educational and sustainable dimension

An agricultural estate among the hills of Polizzi Generosain the province of Palermo. Where flavours of times gone by range in a rare atmosphere, and being an entrepreneur becomes a political gestureThe current structure was born from the reconversion of an old farmhouse, by will of the family Saeli – Rizzuto. A project that tells the values ​​of peasant culture through a different vision of thehotel industryfocused on the link between tourism, food and wine and the environment.

Not only virtuous dynamics that aim to cultivate according to nature and to enhance the colours and flavours of inland Sicily: what really characterizes Susafa is the educational dimension of the experience, aimed at raising awareness in the guest about the use of an eco-sustainable raw material and respect for natural rhythms.

The activities organized internally allow you to get to know the traditions of the territory and the agricultural practices that allow its survival. By financially supporting the work of farmers and giving them a voice, Susafa’s entrepreneurial activity is confirmed as sustainable in all respects.

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The incredible beauty of the Mdonie landscape

Holidays in Sicily at Susafa the ecological estate to learn the peasant culture

In the kitchen with Susafa, waste is food

The estate’s products are the protagonists of the cooking coursesorganized to learn the secrets of traditional dishes but above all to gain awareness of the importance of the agri-food chain. From the earth to the plate.

Getting your hands dirty, baking and taking bread out of the oven is the way to get to know a food in which ancestral memories and symbolic values ​​are stratified. Bread itself, in fact, has been the basis of nutrition for centuries and a key element of cohesion between peoples, constituting a factor of cultural and community identification. It is of fundamental nutritional importance and tells the life cycle of wheat: the earth made it grow, the rain made it grow and, finally, human work allowed us to discover its taste taking it to the farmyard and to the mill to be ground, kneaded and cooked. Only by cooking and touching with your hands can you understand, for example, how waste is food and for this reason it shouldn’t exist.

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Making bread in Susafa

Holidays in Sicily at Susafa the ecological estate to learn the peasant culture

From tomato cream to porridge for breakfast: the gastronomic proposal

At the restaurant, the flavors in the foreground are those of the Sicilian peasant culture. With a bucolic landscape that silently acts as a backdrop. You can taste typical cheeses, many vegetarian dishes, cereal soups and different types of homemade pasta.. But also wild meat raised in the immediate vicinity.

The garden tomato cream is unmissable: only fresh tomatoes and extra virgin olive oil, without dairy products.. To be mopped up with homemade bread until the last nuance of sauce. Also worth trying is thearancinii whole wheat gnocchi with tenderumi and salted ricotta, the spaghetti with courgette flowers and, as a dessert, the cassatelle filled with fresh ricotta.

Breakfast is like at home: one serves oneself with what one prefers from a rich man buffet artisanal range from fruit granitas to porridge with Sicilian almond milk, passing through delicious tarts baked fresh that same morning, cured meats and cheeses, centrifuges, biscuits and savory pies. The real gem is the granola, among the best you can remember, with chocolate or classic. Flours, pasta, oil, jams and tomato puree can also be purchased (on site or online) to take home a memory of your holidays in Sicily among nature, history and good food.

Source: Vanity Fair

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