The Inn
A place that was always in my heart, from memories and coragious dreams to return and live in the mountains and divide this desire with who has never been here.
In the heart of the Alta Val D arda, in the Appenino Emiliano, Zia Valentina is much more than an “Inn”. It is a small world where time has slowed down and the flavors of past time still exists.
It is like a treasure box made of wood and stones. Each object and each detail tells a story that will accompany you in a trip to discover lost time, not too far away.
It is a table simply laid, where the main subject are the flavors of the food passed down by the generations of our small town. Where you can also eat using your hands accompanied by a glass of good wine from our Piacentino valleys.
It is our “gnocco fritto integrale“ a puffy fried dumpling, made with whole wheat flour, our special recipe and served with a selection of cheese and salumi from our valleys ( one of which is “la Mariola”, made by Salini Brothers from Groppallo – Slow Food) eaten together with a pickled gardener that we make every week using biological vegetables when possible.
It is our “Ravioli Valentina” a tortello studied especially for our Inn, made with a filling of potatoes from Morfasso, stewed onions, tasty cheese, aromatic herbs and served with a parmesan cheese sauce and a prickle of dried crunchy Coppa on top (Coppa is a salami traditionally from Piacenza).
It is our “Baccala“ (salted Cod) oven cooked, served with onion, a sauce made with tomatoes and taggiasca olives and polenta; made with biological corn flour produced by “Spin di Caldonazzo”. A farm from Valtolla di Morfasso.
It is our “Torta di Rosa” served warm neccessary to unlease the sublime flavor that melts in your mouth accompanied with the fresh taste of either mascarpone cream or warm zabaione.
It is a good glass of wine, mainly from the Piacentino valleys, to toast the moment with joy.
It is an occasion to meet in a pleasant atmosphere, to leave behind the caos and worries of everyday and enjoy some time embrassed in nature and the genuiness of gestures, colours, aromas and flovors.
It is a place to come with your friends and your love ones because who comes to visit our Inn is a person to welcome and make feel as if they are at home.