04-06-2013
On the left, Sergio Massaglia, breeder of Fassone in Buttigliera d’Asti in Via Villanova 93, tel. +39.011.9928880. Sitting, his parents. Standing, Mauro Brun and Bruno Rebuffi, owners in Milan of Annunciata Macelleria (Via dell’Annunciata 10, +39.02.6572299) and Pregiate carni piemontesi (in Via Montepulciano 8, +39.02.6693118), two excellent places where you can find the Razza Piemontese breed
Sergio Massaglia belongs to a family which for at least 4 generations have bred the Fassone cow in their farm in Buttigliera d’Asti (in via Villanova 93, tel. +39.011.9928880). Here, together with his family they look after the animals, spoiling them with a cattle feed made specifically for them with soy, bran, corn and beet pulp and a life spent outdoors. “The longer they spend inside, the more they grow fat, but I want to keep them under the sun. They must be able to move: this way the grow healthy and strong and they won’t have any problem when they give birth”. In the past, in fact, cow and calf both risked their life because of the large dimension of the latter, which is too “cumbersome”. Some healthy activity outdoors and a careful genetic selection of the bull – or of its semen, since for quite some time insemination has been artificial – have drastically reduced the mortality rate. It is this beautiful sunny farm that supplies two of the most famous butchers in Milan, namely Annunciata Macelleria (Via dell’Annunciata 10, +39.02.6572299), run by Mauro Brun and Pregiate carni piemontesi (in Via Montepulciano 8, +39.02.6693118) where you’ll find Bruno Rebuffi.
Annunciata's Fassona
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