Casata del Lago Farm is a small, vibrant Lucanian business founded in 2015 to pursue the dream of spreading the culinary symbol of Basilicata beyond its regional borders: the fried Senise pepper, known as crusco.
Casata del Lago was founded by taking just one hectare from the family farm, a hectare used to grow a pilot field of Senise peppers. Within the next two years, however, it had absorbed all the company's assets, currently working an area of ​​approximately 30 hectares, producing not only Senise PGI peppers but also fruit (peaches, apricots, and pears) and grains. Furthermore, the company markets its own organic extra virgin olive oil (naturally, organic production has remained the responsibility of the family business) and is constantly committed to promoting the local area through its agritourism business, which boasts the 5 sunflowers certification, the equivalent of a 5-star hotel.
The common denominator that link all the activities is the constant pursuit of excellence, which is expressed through the marketing of zero-residue fruit for the baby food market, organic extra virgin olive oil, and, of course, the highest expression of quality in the Senise PGI pepper, for which we have always safeguarded the original seeds. But the pursuit of excellence cannot be achieved without the support of the company's true strength: we are talking about the workers who carry out the demanding work in the fields with absolute dedication, the artisans who process the peppers in our frying laboratory, and those who manage the more conceptual activities.