Florence is known for its beauty, which is even more highlighted in the autumn months. The leaves that fall from the trees bring different colors to the city, making it more charming, and new colors to the table.
Orange of pumpkins and persimmons; purple of grapes; brown of chestnuts, mushrooms, walnuts and almonds; and yellow and red of apples and pears.
With the new colors come the new flavors, typical Tuscan delights that become part of the region’s menu during autumn.
So that you can get a taste of this season, we have prepared a list of the 5 typical Tuscan dishes in autumn.
Roasted chestnuts
Walking through the city streets you will feel the lovely smell of roasted chestnuts. Florentines also have the custom of preparing them at home, using a special pan that has large holes on the base, allowing a perfect cooking. But technique is needed because, before taking them to the fire, you must make precise cuts in the fruit’s shell, which not everyone knows how to do.
The best, then, is to take advantage of the many street vendors scattered around the city and taste the chestnuts prepared by those with the expertise. We guarantee that your tour will be much tastier.
Fried porcini
It’s funghi hunting time! And a typical Tuscan recipe is the fried porcini, an explosion of aromas and flavors.
If the frying is too hard for you, you can also make it grilled, seasoned with garlic, olive oil and parsley. A delight!
Pumpkin and velvety potatoes
Easier impossible! Just pick the pumpkin, cook it with potatoes and make a puree. Ready! A delicious pumpkin cream and velvety potatoes to warm up the autumn days.
If you want to make the dish more special, reserve the pumpkin skin and use it as a container to serve the cream.
Schiacciata con l’uva
Simple but very tasty, it is certainly one of the most typical dishes of the Tuscan cuisine. Typical and politically correct, as normally the grapes used for the preparation would be unsuitable for harvesting, and the schiacciata con l’uva was probably the way found by producers to avoid waste.
Would you like to prepare it at home? Click here to see the recipe.
Pumpkin muffin
A flex recipe, which can be sweet or salty, depending on the customer’s taste.
A different way to use pumpkin, which is so typical at this time of year, and a great choice to cheer the kids up on Halloween.
Comments
I remember growing up is South Philadelphia and the vendors would cook chestnuts over an open fire in large metal barrels on the street corners and yell Castagna Caldo! In my mind I can still smell and taste them….. great memory
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