Sunday, November 21, 2010

The Food of Tuscany.

In between drinking Brunello di Montalcino and Chianti, we ate a lot of delicious Tuscan food. 
lots of extra virgin olive oil soaked bread - even for breakfast
(photo thanks to David)
 Antipasti crostini - various toppings on salt-less bread
 another version
appetizer plate of fried courgette, meatballs, frittata, cured meats, and eggplant parm-ish
Banfi Lunch menu
 Ribollita a couple times
 a cured meat plate - of course - all from the Cinta Senese pig
Pizza
 Pasta: a creamy bechamel sauce with asparagus and a crepe-y lasagna
 Pasta: pici cacio e pepe, tagliatelli con funghi, papardelle con duck
 Pasta: meaty lasagna
 Meat: Miale
 Meat: boar braised in Chianti 
 Meat: boar braised in Brunello di Montalcino
 Meat: bistecca alla fiorentina 
(we scouted out this one on the first night because we weren't sure if we would get it during the week...little did we know. at least this one had the official Chianini stamp)
 Meat: Bistecca alla fiorentina
 Meat: Bistecca alla fiorentina
 Meat: Bistecca alla fiorentina
(photo thanks to Sung)
 Chocolate Cake with homemade cream
 Chocolate Cake another time
biscotti

(and this is only some of the food we ate...)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Great pic! Love your school... if you're interested with tuscan food, my blog tuscanycious by the Region of Tuscany has all the recipes and history of each dish! :)
Have fun,
Oriana