Somehow one of the more 'Italian' Italian butters, this dairy Co-op butter makes a great blank canvas for delicate flavours. When trying to figure out how to title this butter, we had a good laugh at ourselves about our Italian pronunciation and at just how long names can BE in Italian. The coop supplying Latteria Chiuro's milk was founded in 1957 at the base of the Italian Alps and they pride themselves on their terroir, as well as their traditions and the quality of their p

This one might win for Italian butter with the longest name. Latteria Soresina does a great job of making butters in the Po river valley in northern Italy. The area is an Alpine drainage basin, with all the wonderful pasture and river ways that go with it. Ideal for pasturing animals, Latteria Soresina takes advantage of its local terrain and produces some very good Italian butter. For the record, 'panna' means cream! (Panna Cotta means 'cooked cream') The company also takes

Italian butter, through and through, comes to us through the virtue of travel! Faggiola is a nice, typical Italian butter (light; unsalted) coming from the Apennine mountain region between Tuscany and Emilia Romagna in the centre of the country. Like most Italian butters, this one isn't for export - the locals focus on producing and enjoying the products of their labours 'in house' as it were. According to their website, the founders named the company after the highest peak i

We finally found Italian butter in Dubai! This is one we recognise from our travels in Italy and we know we liked it in-country but does it hold up internationally? "Antica cremeria" means the old-fashioned dairy. Based in Reggio Emilia, Antica Cremeria falls under Montanari & Gruzza, who produce an impressive array of butters that are, sadly as of yet, not available to the international market. That being said, both this butter and its salted counterpart are available inte

We finally located Italian butter in Dubai! We recognised the brand from our pre-covid travels but this is SALTED - quite unusual for an Italian butter... "Antica cremeria" means the old-fashioned dairy. Based in Reggio Emilia, Antica Cremeria falls under Montanari & Gruzza, who produce an impressive array of butters that are, sadly as of yet, not available to the international market. That being said, both this butter and its unsalted counterpart are available internationa

Agricultural tourism is huge in Italy and we were lucky enough to bump into this delightful, organic, little butter from Cutigliano, nestled up in the Tuscan hills above Lucca. Tasty treats from the Apennines, indeed! Mercifully, travel has started again after two years of COVID related faff and we can finally get out and start sampling butters from more localised places. Since the IBC has had personal links to Tuscany for more than a decade now, going back 'home' was high on

Despite the fact that Organic Larder is a UAE company, this butter originates from Italy! We're very excited to see this butter because, for an Italian butter, it's unique! Read on, dear reader - Read on! In our experience, Italian butters are unique in that they're very clean and clear and remarkably pale, probably due to grain fed cows. This butter, however, from Organic Larder is impressively yellow and gracefully flavourful. The packaging is very sweet too- it has the typ

The only Italian butter so far discovered in Dubai- it's unique! Italian butter is unlike any other Western butter out there. The first thing you notice when you unwrap the package is how white it is. It's not quite as translucent as lard but it's nearly as white. I first encountered Italian butter when we were living in Geneva and would road trip down to Tuscany for long weekends (tough gig, I know). Italy has a robust artesian butter industry and many supermarkets have a se