Cannabis makes its way to the dinner table
'An amazing ingredient' says Italian food institution
Wednesday 11 January 2012
10 January, 18:59
(ANSA) - Rome, January 10 - Cannabis is an 'amazing ingredient' according to Perugia's Flavour University.
The school, which is part of the National Food Education and Culture Center, made the claim Tuesday in a list of new recipes by the school's chefs.
The ingredient, cannabis sativa, is not to be confused with cannabis indica, an essential ingredient in marijuana and hashish. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the intoxicating element used to make drugs, exists only in trace amounts in cannabis indica, also known as industrial hemp. "Virtually zero," said Glenda Giampaoli, director of the Museum of Hemp Sant'Anatolia di Narco, which collaborated with the university on some of its recipes and sells the ingredient. "It's regularly inspected by the Ministry of Health," adds Giampaoli. The school claims that the use of cannabis in Italian cooking dates back centuries.
With a taste reminiscent of hazelnut, hemp is versatile as an ingredient in cooking, mostly in the form of flour but also by using its leaves, seeds and oil to "add a twist" to food, according to the school.
Hemp is rich in oil quality, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and crude fiber, and as a seed contains high quality protein, soluble and insoluble fiber, vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids.
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