Our area food pyramid

The 6th group

Red meats● Chianina: It's one of the most ancient and

important Italian cow races. It comes from “Valdichiana” and it is appreciated for its savoury and tender meat

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Red meats● Cinta senese: it is different from the other

dark furred pigs because of a white strip around the chest, the shoulder and the legs. Its meat is quite lean and with a strong flavour

Cured meat● Tuscan salami: It's a typical and traditional

Tuscan pork cured meat, well known and appreciated all over the world .

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Cured meat● Finocchiona: It is a Tuscan cured meat

made with minced lean and fat pork meat aromatized with fennel seeds and red wine.

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•Cured meat Tuscan ham: it is one of the finest and best

known hams. It's made with pork gammon, salted and spiced.

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Cured meat● Soprassata: it is made with boiled pork

head and neck aromatised with spices, lemon zest chopped parsley and garlic. This mixture is stuffed in a canvas or a silk dag. It has a round shape, a dark grey colour and an intense scent.

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Cured meat● Sausages: They are made with minced

pork meat expecially shoulder and gammon combined with natural flavours such as sage and rosemary and stuffed in a gut.

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The 5th group

Cheese● Pecorino cheese from Siena hills: It has a

straw colour. It's a soft and fresh cheese which becomes crunchy with ageing.

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Cheese● Chianti Marzolino: it's made with sheep

milk and is produced exclusively in Tuscan Chianti. It's oval or round in shape.

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The 4th group

•Chicken and fish Valdarno chicken: it is a chicken raised freely.

It's strong and vigorous. It has a delicate flavour.

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Chicken and fish● Brown trout: it is dark with red and black

spots. This kind of trout can live in rivers brooks and lakes and has a delicate flavour

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The 3rd group

Legumes and nuts

•Monte Amiata chestnut: it is an Italian IGP. It's big and has a particular flavour and scent.

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Legumes and nuts● Valdarno chickpea: it has a subtle skin, a

tender flesh and a distinct flavour. It has a dark colour.

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Legumes and nuts● Maremma chickpea: it has a small seed, a

subtle skin and can be cooked quickly. It can be also digested easily

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Legumes and nuts● Zolfino bean:it is typical of some areas of

Tuscany. It has a light yellow colour, a thick skin and can be easily digested.

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The 2nd group

Oil, bread and potatoes● Tuscan extravirgin olive oil: It's produced on

Tuscan hills. It is the most authentic expression of an area devoted to olive. It is lean and with a distinct flavour

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Oil, bread and potatoes

●Red Cetica potato: It is a variety of potato grown in Cetica, on Pratomagno hills above 500 metres in Tuscany. It has a red skin, a strong texture and a compact flesh.

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Oil, bread and potatoes

•Tuscan bread: It is typical of Tuscan culture. It's unsalted but savoury due to a special kind of natural raising made with acid , yeast and milk bacteria.

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The1st group

Fruit and vegetables● Black cabbage: it is without a central

flower, it has dark green leaves similar to spades with an unsmooth surface. Its flavour is quite bitter and distinct. It’s used in Tuscan cuisine as an ingredient of a typical soup called “Ribollita”.

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Fruit and vegetables● Florentine long courgette: it has a light

green colour with several shadows. It’s harvested with the flower. It is watery and delicate.

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Fruit and vegetables● Tuscan red onion:it has a dark red skin and a

white flesh. It has a spicy flavour, expecially when cooked. It’s used for sauces, soups or omelettes.

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Fruit and vegetables● Florentine costoluto tomato: it has a

savoury taste and a compact flesh. It’s consumed fresh , in salads or as a puree.

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Fruit and vegetables● Montevarchi celery: it is not frost resistant

and not gentle. It is attacked by parassites. The stalk is appreciated for its tenderness and used in “pinzimonio”

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Fruit and vegetables● Tuscan cotogna peach: it has a dark yellow

colour, it’s round but not big. It has a particular scent and an excellent flavour.

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Fruit and vegetables● Valdichiana rusty apple: it has a yellow-rusty

skin and a yellowish flesh.it’s particularly savoury and fleshy.

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Fruit and vegetables●Valcornia melon: it has particular organoleptic features due to the climate and the soil of Valcornia. It’s particularly sugary

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Fruit and vegetables●Lari cherry: it’s a fleshy and sugary cherry, with an intense red colour and flavour. It’s typical of Pisa area.

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Fruit and vegetables●Sangiovese Montanino vine: it is not a so vigorous vine, its red grapes are harvested quite early. It has a high sugar level.

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