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Italian Regional Recipes Primi Piatti: Pasta, Rice, Soups

Carabaccia Fiorentina- The Ancient Florentine Onion Soup with Cinnamon and Almonds (Leonardo Da Vinci’s favourite)

cooked and written by Fiorenza August 20, 2021

Carabaccia Fiorentina is an old rustic onion soup from Tuscany, precisely from the city of Firenze, whose curious name comes from the carabazada, namely the soup tureen in which the…

Italian Regional Recipes Starters

Ricotta and Sausage Bruschetta

cooked and written by Fiorenza August 20, 2021

This Ricotta and Sausage Bruschetta is from Tuscany, where bread is famously unsalted, called ‘silly bread’ – pane sciocco or pane sciapo, therefore the toppings for bruschettas made with Tuscan…

Italian Regional Recipes Primi Piatti: Pasta, Rice, Soups

Tuscan Panzanella

cooked and written by Fiorenza June 25, 2021

What is Panzanella? Basically a summer salad based on stale bread. Panzanella doesn’t need cooking since it consists in stale bread soaked in water and vinegar then combined with fresh…

Dolci & Desserts Italian Regional Recipes

Torta Carrarina – Rice & Eggs Cake from Tuscany

cooked and written by Fiorenza March 03, 2021

Torta Carrarina takes its name from the city of Carrara, in Tuscany, also known as the city of marble. This cake is made with rice, lots of eggs and milk…

Dolci & Desserts Italian Regional Recipes

Castagnaccio – Tuscan Flat Cake with Chestnut Flour

cooked and written by Fiorenza December 04, 2020

The word Castagnaccio comes from the Italian castagna (chestnut) and indicates a cake traditionally baked in Tuscany during Autumn. Simple to prepare and both gluten-free and sugar-free, this cake’s earthy…

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