Ingredients: (serves 4) .“Dried cannellini” beans 200 gr. . Fresh porcini mushrooms if is possible from Garfagnana 200 gr. . 2 small potatoes . 4 garlic cloves . A bunch of fresh nipitella (herb similar to majoram and mint, very popular in Tuscany) . 4 cups of meath broth . Read more…
Again i want to remind everyone that there isa a free lending library in Lucca! Yes i know you can’t believe it but it’s true, and it’s been there since 2005. I’d like to invite everyone who is interested to use the “melograno Lending Library” part of the local circoscrizione Read more…
Come on, admit it, British bread is much better than this Italian stuf… On a recent trip to the UK, i finally found something that i mis; it’s a nice fresh soft load of Mother’s Pride from the local supermarket. Processed food, probably filled with all kinds of weird modified, Read more…
Ingredients: 1 chicken weighing about 1 kg; one bottle of Montecarlo Bianco wine; one 400 g (approx.) bunch of Trebbiano Toscano grapes; a little podere cinnamon; 3 glasses of brandy, salt, pepper, a little white flour, some bay leale. Marinade the grapes in the brandy and cinnamon. Place the grapes Read more…
Ingredients for 4 people: 8 slices of thinly sliced day old tuscan bread, 1 garlic clove, extra virgin oil, salt and pepper, 2 chopped ripe tomatoes (optional). Lightly toast the bread under the grill (or on the BBQ), rub each slice with garlic and arrange on a service plate, sprinkle Read more…