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Luciana e Morgan Pasqual (ph via Facebook)
The 5 Senses
It’s always been a bittersweet world for Morgan and Luciana. He was a chef in Paris, she was an engineer in Malo, their home, until at a certain point, like all beautiful things that happen by chance, they met and it was love at first sight. One of those loves destined to become a revolution, where you feel you want to share everything, in a dimension beyond the relationship itself. So after seven months, they decided to unite their passions and in 2005 they opened the 5 Sensi restaurant & catering service in Malo, an almost immediate victory. The most successful among the various courses were the giardiniera (an Italian relish of pickled vegetables in vinegar or oil), regularly combined with piglet; for this reason, they decided to start the business in the dining room with a small production of these displayed and sold next to the cash register. They always sold out: after trying them on the plate, no one could resist the temptation to take at least one jar home.
The birth of Morgan's Giardiniera
Always together, in 2013 they decide to close the restaurant and do something crazy: to dedicate themselves only to the production of giardiniera, with the opening of a small company, La Giardiniera di Morgan. A homemade product, which enjoyed no particular acknowledgment except that of being local and Christmassy, somewhat taken for granted, at least in that part of Veneto. So the challenge was to also de-seasonalize the giardiniera, consumed exclusively over the Christmas period, between December and the end of February, but seldom beyond that. Today they sell everywhere, all over Italy, at any time, in any month. Apart from whole sea salt from Cervia Salt Pans, their small company utilizes only top quality local vegetables, carefully selected one by one every day. Their strength lies entirely in the supply chain. But also, as already mentioned, in their love, which is progressive and for this reason in the meantime they have become five.
To each his giardiniera
Recently they decided to adapt their line into several versions to satisfy all palates. In addition to Morgan's first, historical and classic giardiniera one, which is fresh and innovative, now there is also Luciana's. It is tastier and rounder, with a small and rustic cut of vegetables, ideal for those who are always true to themselves. Perfect with sea bream, meats, cold cuts and cheeses. Then there are those of their children, each with its own characteristics: Jade, full of color; Anna with ginger and chili pepper; Giovanni, with pears, apples, and Jerusalem artichokes.