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. “Pici” are the typical pasta from Siena, a thick round noodle with a spaghetti shape but easily triple in diameter. They are most often served “al’aglione” with garlic sauce (either “white” or “red” with garlic 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