Would you like to learn some simple and fun Tuscan food in your holiday country house? A Tuscan cooking experience in your holiday house is a wonderful way to dive into the Italian lifestyle and culture.
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The typical Incavolata soup from Versilia
The Incavolata soup is a popular winter typical dish from Versilia. It is an effortless dish to cook consisting of a few poor ingredients. One of the pleasures of Versilia is undoubtedly its cuisine. Versilia is a morphologically varied land, wherein a few kilometres you pass from the long sandy beaches to the hills, to…
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Learning Permaculture: apple vinegar homemade
At Borgo4case, Tuscany, we apply the principles of Permaculture, in the 5000sqm of land we cultivate numerous species of plants from which we get many products. In the orchard this year there was a large production of apples, but due to a thunderstorm, many have fallen. Since they are a bit buggy and some are…
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Cantucci recipe from Borgo4case
Cantucci are typical biscuits of the Tuscan tradition, normally served at the end of a meal with vin santo. They were born in Prato but they become a must in all of Tuscany.
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Necci with ricotta cheese: chestnut tuscan pancakes
Necci with ricotta are chestnut tuscan pancakes with ricotta, a typical Tuscan autumn dessert from the traditional Garfagnana cuisine. Traditionally they are prepared on the fire of the fireplace, with the use of “testi”. The “testi” are two cast-iron plates that heat directly on the fire and on which the necci are cooked, which are…
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Pepper pie of Camaiore
One of the pleasures of Versilia is undoubtedly its cuisine. In a territory so morphologically varied, where in a few kilometers you pass from the long sandy beaches, to the hills, to the Apuan Alps, the gastronomic offer could not but be as varied. There are many dishes of the coast based on fish, but…
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Elderflower syrup recipe from Borgo4case
Today I propose the recipe of the elderflower syrup of my neighbor Petra, originally from Germany, who is living in Camaiore since 30 years. In Northern Europe, the Elderberry plant is used to create juices, jams and syrups. As the elderberry is a plant growing wild even in our areas, we take advantage of…
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