Storia e curiosità

The Quercia Della Memoria, or ‘The Oak of Memory’ is not only a restaurant but also an integrated part of a multifunctional organic farm with an educational experience centre and a social interaction point. Forging a direct link from the fields to the table, the restaurant also offers tasting sessions as well as seating for 25 people. This is a chance to rediscover the cuisine from Central Italy, both of the past and future, with organic, seasonal ingredients, mostly produced on the farm. Vegetarian menus are always available as are special menus for children.

I nostri piatti per il Menù della Sibilla


Polentone al forno con ragù maceratese
(Available in the fall and winter) This is a baked polenta with meat sauce in the style of Macerata. The polenta is made from ‘ottofile’ corn flour (an ancient variety of corn within the territory of San Ginesio) and stone-ground at the mill on the farm. The polenta is topped with a sauce of mixed meats (veal, lamb - ‘castrated’, local pork) and baked with pecorino cheese from the Sibillini.

Tagliatelle with Primrose (Available in spring and summer)
This pasta dish is made with stone-ground wholemeal wheat and leaves of primroses (Primula vulgaris) collected in the wild, mixed with rose petals, cream, sunflower seeds and carrots.

Cosa c'è nel piatto

The products used...  

The raw materials come from the organic farm that forms part of the restaurant. The ‘ottofile’ corn and tomatoes for the sauce are grown on this farm. The various meat comes from animals bred in the territory; the Marchigiana veal and special Marche pig is raised on a farm within the Park, while the sheep are raised on summer pastures in the Park. The pigs are raised in a semi-wild state, fed with the organic farm crops and also with organic vegetable waste from the kitchen. Depending on the year, in relation to the crop rotation, the wheat can be produced on the farm. The primroses are collected in the wild.

...And their producers  

The organic farm "La Quercia della Memoria\”, C. da Vallato of San Ginesio. Agricultural Livestock Society, Lai, C. da Morichella, 19 San Ginesio.

Place of production  

I terreni a seminativi sono localizzati nel The arable land is located in the municipality of San Ginesio and in area of Gualdo (production locations vary depending on the crop rotation). The farm produces the flours with its own stone mill. The cattle and pigs are raised in the municipality of San Ginesio. The sheep (lamb and mutton) and the sheep cheese come from the area of Bolognola in the Park, where the sheep graze in the mountains.

These products help biodiversity

Extensive rearing of sheep and grazing areas for sheep exist within the Park. This contributes to the maintenance of secondary grasslands where there are a wide variety of plant species, including an abundance of orchids (in the Park there are more than 30 species). In addition the grasslands also represent the ideal habitat for many species of birds to nest, such as the tawny pipit, the red-backed shrike and the skylark. For these reasons these habitats are considered to be of priority interest by the European Union. The preservation of these precious and fragile environments depends on the maintenance and management of these pasture areas.