Alba y las áreas colindantes en Piedmont cuentan con la mejor (y más cara) trufa blanca en el mundo. Pero también las colinas y los bosques de los alrededores de San Miniato producen una trufa blanca muy rica. Tiene un aroma así de fuerte que la mejor manera de servirla read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Unlike most of Italy, Siena was (and is) renowned for its sweets, counting most famously, panforte and panpepato. The typical Sienese recipe repertoire also contains two particular cookies worth seeking out. Ricciarelli are a traditional read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. These giant wild mushrooms are justly famous for their intense woodsy flavor. Once dried, they flavor many soups, sauces and stews. When fresh they are often enjoyed simply prepared, in Tuscany with the classical accompaniment read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Atypical from most Tuscan desserts, which rely on “poor” ingredients, the Panpepato, born in the Middle Age, is a “noble” cake due to the presence of pepper, a very prestigious and expensive spice which was read more
Todo el mundo conoce el famoso bistec a la florentina, ya que es uno de los platos típicos toscanos más conocido en el mundo. Su tradición se remonta a la antigüedad, y sobre el nacimiento del nombre hay dos historias diferentes: la primera nos lleva de nuevo a la época read more
El Castagnaccio es una tarta hecha con harina de castañas y tiene origen campesino antiguo. De hecho, la castaña era el alimento básico de las familias más pobres porque era barato y muy nutritivo. Originalmente sólo se preparaba con harina de castañas, agua, y cuando había disponibilidad también se añadían read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. This traditional dry crunchy cookie or biscuit has a long narrow shape, with the shape of a slice of bread was originally the dry cookie from Prato, then toasted for longer conservation. Traditionally, it is read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Squid and Spinach Stew. “Inzimino” is the Tuscan dialect for “zimino” stewed spinach or chard with tomato, it refers both to the cooking method and the ingredients, most often encountered in sepia inzimino with stewed read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Unsalted Bread. One of the most interesting Tuscan gastronomic oddities is the so called “pane sciapo” or “pane sciocco”, which means insipid bread, bread baked without salt. A couple of theories try to explain the read more