The PGI Pachino cherry tomato redefined the tomato for the entire world: small, crisp, with a concentrated sweetness born of extreme sun and brackish water. Beside the cherry, the ribbed and smooth round varieties complete the protected family.
In local markets and farms it is bought in clusters like grapes; in trattorias it lands raw on bread, in uncooked sauces and in salads that ask for nothing else. The supermarket "pachino" far from here is often just a namesake.