Chestnut tagliatelle with walnuts and mushrooms is a seasonal recipe that brings you all the taste of Tuscany and the Upper Tiber Valley. Easy to make as a lunch or the perfect posh Autumn supper.
Chestnut tagliatelle with walnuts and mushrooms (recipe) Read More »
The autumn in Italy is time for the sagre, festivals of local produce as it comes into season. Chestnuts are a common product all over Tuscany. Read about a typical sagra.
A Chestnut Festival in Tuscany Read More »
This weekend I was invited for barbecue at my friend’s house to celebrate the finishing of some extension work. I wanted to take a dessert, and so still influenced by my trip to Modena, I decided to take the most Modenese of desserts, a zuppa inglese.
Zuppa Inglese: not just a small trifle (recipe) Read More »
Watch me make peposo, an amazing Tuscan winter warmer stew. This dish originated with the workers in the terracotta factories of Impruneta, near Florence, back in medieval times. Like them, I use a traditional terracotta pot, but you could make this in a slow cooker, or a normal dutch oven. Nowadays, some people add
Peposo: Tuscan beef, black pepper, and red wine stew Read More »
