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mouthwateRing local flavours
[Susan Glasspool]
That were you expecting the food to be like before you came here? Eventhough you may already have tasted good Italian cooking in the States, you will find it it hard to beat here on its home ground! Tuscan cooking has been exported throughout the world and yet its cooks still manage to create new and imaginative dishes that leave visitors really regretful when the time comes for them to depart.
The delicious first courses include soups of beans or chick peas, spelt and vegetables (ribollita, pappa al pomodoro or zuppa di farro).
Pasta dishes served with meat or vegetable sauces (try the pappardelle (ribbon pasta) with hare sauce).
Main courses are usually composed of grilled or roast meats. Try the famous Florentine steak, thick, rare and crisply grilled.
Stews are rarer in Tuscan cooking, but the Florentine tripe is a typical poor man's dish and very popular. There is a wide choice of seasonal vegetables, as well as the nourishing dried legumes (beans, peas and chick peas). Spinach tossed in oil, roast potatoes with rosemary, mixed batter-fried or grilled vegetables or fresh salads. Note the
importance of the local olive oil in Tuscan menus.
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