by Ambito Turistico Valdarno | Nov 9, 2021 | Products of excellence
The secret of the unique and enveloping flavour of dairy products, such as Valdarno pecorino cheese resides in the pastures, where fragrant herbs grow and give the sheep’s milk an unmistakable flavour. Many types of pecorino are produced, fresh pecorino cheese with...
by Ambito Turistico Valdarno | Nov 9, 2021 | Products of excellence
For hundreds of years, staple food of the inhabitants of Pratomagno and Casentino valley, the chestnut flour of pratomagno is a local product of ancient origins, dating back to more than five hundred years ago. In a past time, walking through the alleys of the...
by Ambito Turistico Valdarno | Nov 9, 2021 | Products of excellence
The natural sweetener par excellence used since the dawn of time. Collected since prehistoric times, legend says that even Zeus was fed with honey in his childhood. Its production in Tuscany is a tradition that dates back to the Etruscan era. In Valdarno many...
by Ambito Turistico Valdarno | Nov 9, 2021 | Products of excellence
In recent years also in Valdarno you can find truffles: the precious white one and the “scorzone” known also with the name of black summer truffle. It is less prized , but still excellent in cuisine and more widespread. It has unmistakable scent, a roundish shape ...
by Ambito Turistico Valdarno | Nov 9, 2021 | Products of excellence
These small roundish beans are typically found growing along the terraced hillsides in the Pratomagno region , in the midst of lush olive groves near the Seventeenth century road which follows the ancient path of the Cassia Vetus. The Zolfino bean had been lost in...
