Looking for Italian deli products or traditional Italian pantry items? Explore our regional cheese specialities, Italian Prosciutto and everything you need to create a fantastic Antipasti platter. We also offer authentic Italian pantry products ranging from pasta and risotto, rice to oil and vinegar, savoury Italian snacks as well as sweet specialities.
Small or big, we welcome the opportunity to help grow the businesses of our valued customers sharing our passion and first-hand knowledge of Italian food. We host regular site visits at our partner farms, factories and wine producers so you can learn about the origins of the food but also to learn the best cooking tips from the locals. We source our products from various regions in Italy ensuring the best quality at competitive prices.
ITALIAN PARMESAN AND GRANA PADANO
Originally created by monks in 1000AD in Italy using milk from Northern Italy's Po River Valley, now the famous parmesan Grana Padano is available for you in Ireland. The Grana we import in Ireland is aged between nine and 20-30 months and its flavour is subtle and less salty than Parmesan.
Grana is about equal to Parmesan in calories, protein and fat, but is lower in sodium and cholesterol and higher in calcium.
How to use it:
- grated to bring flavour to your pasta or risotto dish
- add it when making soufflés, salty tarts, lasagna or some soups
- serve small pieces of Grana with aperitifs such as Prosecco when throwing a party or a buffet.
Pasta Made in Italy
Our pasta has been starring on Venetian tables since the 1960s being an emblem of simple and genuine Italian gastronomic traditions.
We offer a pasta high in protein content to keep the pasta in perfect shape for serving and to maintain the perfume and flavour of the best Italian Pasta.
Balsamico
We are happy to bring in Ireland a delightful blend between selected Italian grape musts and precious wine vinegar, followed by a certified maturation period that gives a lovely flavour.
How to use it:
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- the vinegar is perfect for dressings
- the glassa is amazing to ripe strawberries, slices of well-aged parmesan cheese or very good quality vanilla ice cream.
- you can brush aceto balsamico over roasting chicken or duck breast, shake some over grilled tuna steaks, drizzle over tomato salads or stir a little into a roast vegetable pasta sauce.
Italian Olive Oil
The olive oil we import in Ireland is produced from carefully selected first quality Italian olives.
No treatment was applied to our tasty olives other than gently washing them with pure water, separate them from the leaves, centrifugate them and filtering the oil so you can get the best out of if.
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The healthy olive oil we bring to Ireland is made of olives that were cultivated, picked and processed in sunny Italy.
Its taste is intense with a gentle hint of spicy and a wonderful golden colour with green reflexes.
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How to use it:
- raw on salads;
- to fragrance the side dishes;
- is amazing for cooking fish and meat.
Parma Ham
We proudly distribute in Ireland the finest quality of Parma Ham for tasty recipes.
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The Prosciutto di San Daniele comes from the Veneto region and for over 50 years has been an established name on the market thanks to the quality of its meats.
This type of Parma Ham is obtained through aging for 13 months, using fresh pork leg taken from pigs born, raised and slaughtered in Italy, all fed on controlled diets.
How to serve San Daniele ham :
- Serve fine slices as part of a cold meat platter (antipasto)
- Parma ham is delicious with fruit such as melon or figs. A great idea is a classy sandwich with sliced pears.
-wrap it around grissini (breadsticks) or cold steamed asparagus to serve as a cocktail snack.
- it also makes a great topping for a truly Italian pizza.
The Italian Pantry is a Galway based importer and distributor of genuine Italian food: organic, gluten-free and much more. We supply genuine Italian ingredients, constantly increasing our product range to adapt to consumer demands and ever-changing trends.
Regardless if you are a manufacturer of ready-made meals, retailer or food service provider our products, including oils, vinegar and pasta, are available in various packaging sizes that are smart and easy to use.
We supply in Ireland customers large and small with multi-pallet drops or with the single pallet bringing best that Italy has to offer from producers who are delighted to share their passion for fine Italian food & drink.
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Request details about the Italian Deli products and the top Italian wine we import to Ireland using the form below!
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