Tuscany In Season | Tuscan Recipes Food and Tradition - Tuscanycious

Category: Tuscany in season

What’s in season? These are the products that we normally cook during specific seasons.

Pappardelle sulla Lepre – Pappardelle pasta on the hare

Pappardelle is a well-loved type of pasta in Tuscany – it is traditionally prepared with the whole hare, part of it is minced and used for the sauce that will[...]

What does Arista mean?

The history of Arista is very interesting, it coincides with the story of the Byzantine Patriarch Bessarion and his arrival in Florence in 1430 for the ecumenical council. While tasting[...]

Polenta and kale – Farinata di cavolo nero

This dish comes from the uplands and uses yellow or maize flour that was seldom used down in the valley unless for making ‘gnocchi’, prepared with a meat sauce. This[...]

Scottiglia – Mixed Meat Stew

Traditionally farmers left the less popular cuts of meat to one side for themselves, as the best cuts were obviously destined to be sold or were for the rich land[...]

Fagioli all’ucceletto – Tuscan style beans

This is a very simple and traditional tuscan dish, the recipe I shared is certainly the simplest and most authentic version. The only part that can be modified concerns the[...]

Tuscan Kale

Until recently, every family in Tuscany had a vegetable garden of some sort, lately this has once again become a trend. One of the vegetables that you are sure to[...]