Tuscan
cooking based on simple ingredients with its real flavors and
seasonal local produce create a memorable experience of superb taste
of authenticity rooted in the ancient tradition.
Tuscany
like Italy has its sub-regional cooking traditions, the richness and
variety can be witnessed in any of its districts. Lucca with dishes
like Tordelli (ravioli filled with meat, cheese and spices),
Granfarro (spelt with vegetables), Buccellato (cake with aniseed and
sultanas). Florence with its juicy and thick Florentine steak,
Ribollita ( baked stew of vegetables and legumes) , Torta della nonna
( custard filled cake and pine nuts). Siena with Pici all'aglione (
large noodles with garlic sauce) , Scottiglia ( stew of different
kinds of meats and vegetables), Panforte (cake with dry fruits,
honey and spices). Pisa and its Zuppa di cavolo (cabbage and
vetables stew), Pallette ai funghi (polenta with mushrooms and
sausages sauce), la Nozza ( waffle kind of dessert with aniseed and
mint liqueur). Many more places can be mentioned with their own
diversities in Grosseto, Valdichiana, Arezzo, Pistoia, Livorno, you
name it.
Food
paradigm is a scenario that in Tuscany extends and encompasses a
moltitude of realities made of mingling history and tradition between, and not only, neighboring population that brought to us a vast range
of options to discover and taste.
Culinary
tourism as experiencial travel has become an important aspect of
cultural exploration and cooking classes are very popular amongst
travellers in Tuscany these days, from teenagers to elderly couples,
everyone enjoys the experience of rolling up their sleeves and
follow expert chefs hands on the raw ingredients, either in company
of their friends or relatives, or side by side with people from any
corner of the world, often sharing moments, stories of participation
that will stay in the memory of unrepeatable days, cooking and eating
together.
Between
time to relax, enjoy the sightseeing, visit farms where wine, cheese,
olive oil, salami and many more places where tuscan goodies are produced, to learn
how to make the real tuscan food is a key element for the perfect
rewarding holiday in Tuscan land.
