Bertagni is an

Italian food Italian cuisine (, ) is a Mediterranean cuisine David 1988, Introduction, pp.101–103 consisting of the ingredients, recipes and cooking techniques developed across the Italian Peninsula and later spread around the world together with wave ...

company founded in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

by Luigi Bertagni in 1882.

History

The birth of "Pastificio Bertagni" was in 1882 in the workshop of Luigi Bertagni in

. Luigi Bertagni, with his brothers Ferdinando and Oreste, not only made quality fresh

tortellini ''Tortellini'' are pasta originally from the Italian region of Emilia (in particular Bologna and Modena). Traditionally they are stuffed with a mix of meat (pork loin, raw prosciutto, mortadella), Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, egg and nutmeg and se ...

, but also studied a method in order to package and conserve them, and thus Luigi developed his business. Thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit of Bertagni brothers, their tortellini saw greater sales in Italy and abroad. The Bertagni brothers entered their pastas in numerous World Fairs, winning the bronze medal at The World's Fair in Paris in 1889 and at The Chicago Fair in 1894, and the gold medal in St. Louis in 1904. Pastificio Bertagni continued its rapid growth and by the beginning of the 20th century was a well known pasta producer. The ''Bologna Commercial Guide'' described the company: "

Tortellini ''Tortellini'' are pasta originally from the Italian region of Emilia (in particular Bologna and Modena). Traditionally they are stuffed with a mix of meat (pork loin, raw prosciutto, mortadella), Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, egg and nutmeg and se ...

from Bologna, whose fame went across the seas, by all the gourmets are reputed astoundingly good! It is the Bologna company Bertagni that holds the record of this production and sells tortellini all over the world." In 1986, the gastronomic critic Corby Kummer declared: Bertagni specialty filled pastas... are excellent and are the closest thing to having a pasta store down the street. In 2002, the company was sold to

pasta industry Pasta (, ; ) is a type of food typically made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. Rice flour, or legumes such as beans or lentils, are so ...

veterans, resulting in a great increase in sales, carrying its

filled pasta Filled pasta or stuffed pasta refers to a dumpling with a flour, especially pasta, wrapper or skin, usually sealed, surrounding a variety of filling (cooking), fillings. Such pasta is especially common in non-tropical regions of Eurasia. Example ...

specialities onto the tables of the world.

References

External links

Bertagni web site.
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