1Kg "Perciasacchi" flour integral of Sicilian wheat - Molino Zappalà

Perciasacchi or spelled wheat is a Sicilian long-sized wheat from the upper organoleptic characteristics. The name derives from the particular acuminated form of the grain that percia (hole) the bags that contain it.

Ancient grains were a very common time in Sicily, fifty variety of variety, thanks to the extraordinary heritage of biodiversity that distinguishes the island and depends on its physical characteristics.

These were, however, abandoned during the cossidetta green revolution in favor of more powerful, genetically improved grain varieties, said modern, which led to greater productivity of the food industry, but also to the loss of local typicality.

Today local agriculture has resumed the cultivation of the perfumed ancient grains. Among all the perciaasacchi is considered the most precious for its ancestral aroma, which releases the scents of the Mediterranean scrub.