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THE FARINATA OF VAL D’ORCIA

You do tasty encounters strolling through the Val d'Orcia, near Siena. We for example learnt about this farinata which comes straight from a century old farming tradition. Some what‘ soup, some what' corn polenta, it is a dish absolutely suitable also for vegans. The basis of it is the reboiling, a soup made with black cabbage, beans and the dry bread, poor soup that was cooked in large quantities and then heated ("reboiled") in the following days. The difference however is, instead of bread you put corn foil, as well as chopped fennel and wild herbs. Once cooled down, the farinata is cut into slices and then fried in extra virgin olive oil. When you taste it, it is like eating cherries ... one slice after another!

THE HARE IN SWEET AND SOUR Remember Pinocchio? One of the dishes the fox ordered at The Red Prawn Tavern (Inn) (all’Osteria del Gambero Rosso) was precisely the hare in sweet and sour (being that the fox was on a diet, he ordered as a side dish " fattened pullets and crowing cockerels"). It is an ancient dish from the Tuscan tradition, which has as main ingredient (besides the hare) ... chocolate and candied fruit! It seems strange, but it is actually wonderful: the strong flavour of wild game becomes milder when enhanced in the flavorings of chocolate and candied fruit, with a twist of vinegar that gives an unmistakable hint of sweet and sour. That is why he immediately ordered this dish: the classical cleverness .... of a Gourmet!
THE CAKE OF THE FOUR CITIES It is a cake of ancient Lombard-Venetian tradition. It takes its name from the fact that there are four cities which have its origin: Verona, Vicenza, Mantova and Modena. It is a simple but rich cake at the same time. Flour, eggs and sugar are the main ingredients, but what makes it different is the mix of orange and rum, a liquor that in the 800’s was much more exotic than now. Exoticism that is noted by the use of spices such as nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom and ginger. Who knows, maybe the cake originates from a traveler. And for those who the try it, is definitely a journey to a different dimension of taste.

THE HARE IN SWEET AND SOUR

Remember Pinocchio? One of the dishes the fox ordered at The Red Prawn Tavern (Inn) (all’Osteria del Gambero Rosso) was precisely the hare in sweet and sour (being that the fox was on a diet, he ordered as a side dish " fattened pullets and crowing cockerels"). It is an ancient dish from the Tuscan tradition, which has as main ingredient (besides the hare) ... chocolate and candied fruit! It seems strange, but it is actually wonderful: the strong flavour of wild game becomes milder when enhanced in the flavorings of chocolate and candied fruit, with a twist of vinegar that gives an unmistakable hint of sweet and sour. That is why he immediately ordered this dish: the classical cleverness .... of a Gourmet!

THE CAKE OF THE FOUR CITIES

It is a cake of ancient Lombard-Venetian tradition. It takes its name from the fact that there are four cities which have its origin: Verona, Vicenza, Mantova and Modena. It is a simple but rich cake at the same time. Flour, eggs and sugar are the main ingredients, but what makes it different is the mix of orange and rum, a liquor that in the 800’s was much more exotic than now. Exoticism that is noted by the use of spices such as nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom and ginger. Who knows, maybe the cake originates from a traveler. And for those who the try it, is definitely a journey to a different dimension of taste.