Asiago

D.O.P Asiago Cheese

Asiago (ah-zee-AH-goh) is a cow’s milk cheese first made in the northern Veneto region of Italy. It’s crafted in two flavor and texture profiles. One is Pressato, the fresh Asiago. The other is the big flavored aged Asiago, Asiago d’Allevo. The fresher version will be a light straw color; with a semi-soft … Read more

Tuscany Tips

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Pasta

Late Harvest Tomato and Basil Sauce with Fusilli Potato Ravioli Risotto With Truffles Spaghetti All Amatriciana Risotto alla Parmigiana Mushroom Risotto Gnocchi with pumpkin Flour Gnocchi with Truffle Sauce Polenta Linguini a Vongole  

Pomino Pinot Nero

Frescobaldi Pomino Pinot Nero is a wine of surpassing elegance. Delicate fragrances of dark cherry and wild strawberry meld together with floral notes of sweet violets. This is a lovely blend of Pinot Noir and a touch of Sangiovese. Tasting Notes This wine appears a deep ruby red, with impressive luminosity. The … Read more

Pappardelle with duck ragu and turnip heads

Pappardelle with duck ragu and turnip heads

Recommended wine pairing: Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Riserva DOCG Serves 4 Ingredients: For the pasta: 9 ounces plain flour 5.3 ounces wheat feed flour 3 eggs 5.3 ounces turnip heads 1 Tbsp. oil Prepare the pasta mixing the two types of flour on the pastry board, making a crater where you can place … Read more

Berry Tart

Berry Tart

Serves 8 Ingredients 2 cups flour 3/4 cup sugar 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup cold butter, cut into very small pieces 3 Tbsp very dry white wine 4 cups fresh blueberries, small strawberries or raspberries, washed and dried 1/2 cup water 1 Tbsp powdered gelatin 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice Directions Mix … Read more

Steamed codfish served with cannellini beans and Laudemio olive oil

codfish served with cannellini beans

Recommended wine pairing: Castiglioni Rosato Toscana, IGT Serves 6 Ingredients: 6 fillets of steamed codfish 4 1/4 cups of milk 1 1/3 lb of fresh cannelloni beans Extra virgin oil (laudemio) Directions: Take the steamed codfish and cut into threads, boil in milk, pepper, salt and oil for 10minutes. Boil the beans … Read more

Dry Jack

Dry Jack

Dry Jack is a stimulating big flavored cheese that? an authentic American Original. It? made by aging Monterey Jack cheese at least 9 months all the way up to several years. The surface of the cheese is rubbed with a mixture of black pepper dust, cocoa powder and oil making an almost … Read more