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Category: Pasta & Soups

Sugo finto or “fake meat sauce”, photo-recipe by Paolo Gori

The “sugo finto” or, more appropriately fake ragu or fake meat sauce, is a tomato sauce enriched with lot of vegetables or soffritto that have been sauteed in a pan[...]

Meat sauce Recipe

by Aurelio Barattini This is a classic Italian meat sauce for pasta. The method of using stew meat retains more of the flavors and juices of the meat in the sauce[...]

Beans and black cabbage soup

by Serena Angelini Looking for comfort food recipes? Warm your heart with this beans and black cabbage soup. Thanks Serena! About Serena Serena is a young economist a Tuscan food[...]

5-star soups with stale bread

Soup dishes are very popular in Tuscany and many of them have Tuscan stale bread as their main ingredient. These dishes are the result of a desire not to waste[...]

Beans soup with croutons - Pic credits: Judy Witts

Fettunta with Zolfini beans or…Beans soup with croutons

by Juddy Witts One of the best ways to enjoy the new oil which comes out if fall is with a simple traditional tuscan recipe Fettunta. Fettuna is simply a[...]

ribollita- thsnks to @skinnydiver for the pic

Reboiled Soup a.k.a. Ribollita recipe

This very simple peasant soup substitutes meat with bread, in Tuscany it is also known as minestra di pane (bread soup-stew) or zuppa di magro (or lean soup) although we[...]