Grano, Ascoli Piceno

Type

Bakery

Address

Via Berardo Tucci 14Ascoli Piceno (AP)

Hours

Tue–Fri	12:00–13:00, 16:00–20:00

Source: site database, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Grano, in Ascoli Piceno, is a bakery with a workshop linked to a farm. Its founder, Daniele Ciabattoni, describes himself as a farmer-baker. The bread comes from a short supply chain. Daniele Ciabattoni grows ancient local grains, mills them and bakes them in a wood-fired oven. His aim is bread made the old way, that tells the story of the area.

On the map

Points from the site database. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors · Protomaps.

Grano in Ascoli Piceno: where it is

The Grano bakery is in the center of Ascoli Piceno, in a historic space that once housed an old bakery. The farm of the same name runs a shop with a workshop in the city. Address and opening hours are in the box on the page.

Grano in Ascoli Piceno: what it offers

The main product is pane contadino (farmhouse bread). It is made with sourdough starter and baked in the wood-fired oven, using stone-ground wheat grown on the farm. The wood-fired loaves are each different from the other and have a dense crumb and a pleasant sourness.

The workshop also makes cacciannanze. It is a simple Marche flatbread, topped with oil, salt, garlic and rosemary. The dialect name means "pushed in first". It was once baked before the bread, to see whether the oven had the right temperature.

Gambero Rosso has listed the bakeries of Ascoli Piceno in its guide Pane e Panettieri d'Italia. Grano is among the four recommended addresses in the city.