For Holiday Season 2020, the perfect gift is undoubtedly the food basket - especially the Italian gourmet gift basket! In such a challenging year, the idea of giving something useful is the priority. It becomes a special occasion to gift something that they wouldn't usually have time or money to buy. Italian gastronomy is like a huge and colorful playground of gifts - almost anything can be included in your gift basket, from an excellent wine to artisanal pasta or a particular ingredient.
Don't forget to pay attention to the packaging as well - the eye wants its share too! First, decide whether to put the products in a wicker basket, which can then become a useful container, or in a beautiful cardboard box, also perfect for storing children's toys once emptied. Choose products that the lucky receivers like best, taking into great account their tastes and gastronomic preferences. Vegetarian or sweet tooth, for an aperitif or for breakfast, there are no limits to the imagination!
1. The Oprah's favorite EVOO: This special product creates the perfect opportunity to bring Calabria and California together.
2. Premium Italian Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese: Parmiggiano Reggiano, the cheese made with milk of cows foraged only with grass, hay and cereals, no GMOs or unifeed. The result is a cheese rich in calcium, phosphorus, vitamin A, Omega3 which are antioxidants and anticarcinogens, with a sweet, delicate, persistent and yellowish color, the latter given by the grass rich in natural beta-carotene.
Parmigiano Reggiano 24 months, $ 35.50
3. Team Pandoro: Be original!
Domori Pandoro, $ 41.50
4. High-quality bubbles: Let's make a toast together!
Ferrari Perlé 2014 Trentodoc, $38,99
5. Italian icons: Travel through taste to the worldwide famous Harry's Bar drinking the iconic Bellini cocktail at home!
Cipriani Bellini, $ 10
6. Prosciutto di Carpegna DOP: Eleven expert pork butchers devote themselves daily to the production of this rare speciality, with the passion that can only be felt when creating a unique product. Everyday, in the patient silence of the rites of work that becomes art. Gestures soft and invisible, but also proud and noble in their methodicalness.
Prosciutto di Carpegna DOP
7. A strong wine: This is Amarone wine par excellence: a wine of great class, appreciated by enthusiasts for its majestic style and complexity.
8. Pasta combo: Barilla Collezione is crafted using traditional Italian bronze plates for a homemade "al dente" texture that perfectly holds sauces every time. Season with Vero Gusto sauces made using only 100% Italian tomatoes!
9. The black gold from Modena: Villa Manodori's dark color and rich aroma reflect a century of family tradition. Perfectly glazes steak, pork, and poultry. Approved by Massimo Bottura, Chef Patron of the three Michelin star restaurant Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy.
10. The fruity sparkling waters: Those sparkling fruit beverages are inspired by the all-Italian tradition of preparing spremuta (squeezed juice), a delicious effervescent fruit beverage made by blending the juice of freshly-squeezed citrus fruits with sparkling water and sugar. The balance between delicate bubbles and bold flavor gives S.Pellegrino beverages their unmistakable taste.
San Pellegrino Momenti, $ 1.90