Pappa al Pomodoro – Tomato Soup

Pappa al Pomodoro – Tomato Soup

It is an ancient Tuscan recipe of the peasants’ tradition to re-use in a creative tasty  way stale bread. The result will be given by the quality of the ingredients as it is the very high quality of the ingredients that make or break a simple dish like pappa al...
Ribollita

Ribollita

La Ribollita is one of those traditional dishes that identifies the Tuscans. A “poor dish” as many others  recipes of our tradition. Indeed the peasant culture created nourishing healthy tasty dishes with simple ingredients. Ribollita is originally a...
Chicken Liver Croutons

Chicken Liver Croutons

Crostini with spleen and chicken livers, or Tuscan crostini, are bread crostini on which a paté, prepared with the spleen and the chicken livers, is spread; they are tasty appetizers just like Grandma used to make, in a time gone by, for the feast celebrating the...
Castagnaccio

Castagnaccio

Castagnaccio, as it is called in the Valdarno, also known as migliaccio or baldino, is a typical autumn cake made with chestnut flour and dried fruit. It is a “poor dish” that takes its origins from rural life, being its main ingredient, the chestnut, a fruit...