Cittaslow – Document Presentation in Enns

Hartberg is Città Slow - network of worth living cities

For heaven's sake??
WELL, AND WHAT DOES CITTÀ SLOW MEAN??

"Città" is Italian and means "City".
"Slow" stands for attention, calmness, awareness, sustainable progress and responsibility"

Città slow is the international quality award and a seal of approval for high quality of life. Hartberg is the first Styrian city which is part of the international Città Slow network. In order to qualify, a city has to meet at least 50 % of the conditions of a long catalog of requirements. Hartberg received 81 %. See below the seven criteria of the valuation. In the following editions of the magazine we will discuss each point.

Environmental policy

The use of alternative and renewable energies; recycling concept, and so on.

Infrastructure policy

Adapted to the needs of the disabled, public accessibilty, green spaces, recreation areas, and so on.

Urban quality

Urban development and historical Old Town, monument preservation, waste concepts, and so on.

Favoring national products, producers and traditions

Regional weekly markets, preserving local traditions, and so on.

Hospitality

Maintaining city partnerships, tourist information, and so on.

(cittàslow) Awareness

PR-work for città slow, public relations, work shops, città slow lived in practice, and so on.

Landscaping quality

Conservation and cultivation of the varied landscape and beauty of scenery, and so on.

CITTÀ SLOW seeks to achieve the protection and reinforcement of the region's self-worth, preservation of variety and the own identity in the era of globalisation and massification.

Please see the "Città Slow Manifest"

Well, dear friends of the good life, that's it for now. We look forward to the next edition with CITTÀ SLOW!!

More information: www.cittaslow.net , www.cittaslow.info

Basic recipe "Città Slow snail"

Dear friends of the sweet side of life,

Città Slow is part of the international network of worth living cities. Worth living together also means share with each other. So, we really like to share our sweet secret with you - under the aspect of "regional products and producers".

Basic recipe "Città Slow snail"
by Andrea Grabner

Puff pastry snails - about 30 pieces
2 packages puff pastry - bio spelt, for about 30 pieces

Chocolate cream stuffing:
250 ml whipped cream - bio (also with soy whipped cream)
150 g milk chocolate - fair trade bio

a few drops rum, vanilla, cinnamon...
1 package whipping cream stiffene

Glaze:
150 g dark chocolate - fair trade bio

Furthermore:
small Austrian cream pastry forms, pastry wheel, baking paper, aluminium foil, powdered sugar and love
Preperation time: about 60 min.
(extra: Chocolate cream: 5 min. plus 12 hours cooling)

For the chocolate cream stuffing bring the whipped cream to boil and dissolve the small chopped chocolate in there. Refine with a few drops of rum. Then, let the cream rest in a cool place for at least 12 hours (the longer the better).

Bring the dough in a horizontal position in front of you. Cut 1,5 cm wide strips with the pastry wheel top down. Start at the thinner end and wrap four rotations. Put the forms with adequate distance next to each other on a baking tray covered with baking paper. Bake the Austrian cream pastry in a pre-heated oven at 200 degrees (according to puff pastry instruction) for 12 - 16 minutes until they are golden yellow. Take them from the forms when they are still hot and let them rest in a cool place.

During baking whip the prepared chocolate-cream with a mixer. Add whipped cream stiffener and whip it until it becomes a smooth cream (BUT: you do not want butter).
Fill it in a piping bag and then in the cooled puff pastry rolls.
Let the coating melt and dip in the filled snails with both sides. Put them on the aluminum foil and let them solidify in the refrigarator.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy mmmmhhh!

I hope you enjoy it and good luck!
Your Andrea Grabner, Città Slow representative

Hartberg is Cittaslow!

Hartberg has gone down in history with the town being accepted as a member of the international Cittaslow Association. Only very few towns are admitted to this noble circle. Hartberg is the second town in Austria and the world’s 111^th town to receive this honour.

On May 15, Hartberg’s Mayor, Director Karl Pack officially received the certificate from the Enns Mayor Franz Stefan Karlinger and Pier Giorgio Oliveti, Director of the international Cittaslow Association in Enns in Upper Austria.

What are the development objectives of the CITTÀ SLOWs (slow cities)?