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Month: September 2020
Mixed Seasonal Berries with Balsamic Syrup
Serves 6 This recipe is also featured in Tuscany Tonight’s Early Fall Harvest Dinner Quick Menu. Click here to view menu. Ingredients 3 cups of fresh seasonal berries 1 tbsp plus 2 tsp sugar 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1 tsp vanilla Wash and dry berries. Gently toss … Read more
Gruy?
A grilled cheese sandwich made with Gruy? and a layer of Luxardo cherry preserve will send you to the moon. Now take a sip of the Tenuta di Castiglioni blend and you will continually crave this combination of flavors. Lately I?e been serving mini grilled cheese sandwiches to my guests as an … Read more
Browse By Wine Pairing
You may often find yourself in a situation where you’ve already selected the wine. Now comes the fun part – finding the right dish that will pair wonderfully with the wine. Search our selection of Italian recipes by what varietals they pair best with: Sangiovese / Chianti Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Chardonnay Pinot … Read more
Drunk man’s tagliolini pasta recipe
Tagliolini are long strands of pasta that have a width somewhere between tagliatelle and capellini. Every strand of pasta is around 2-3mm wide and is sometimes slightly cylindrical. Interestingly, the differences between tagliolini to other pasta is somewhat confusing to others. Italians also named this pasta “Taglierini”. Even Wikipedia mentions that tagliolini … Read more
Wine Terms Made Easy
Abboccato – Medium-sweet and full bodied Amabile – Medium-sweet Annata – Vintage Azienda (or Casa) agricola – An estate that uses its own grapes in production of its wines Azienda (or Casa) vinicola – A producer who buys in and vinifies, usually a large scale operation Azienda (or Casa) vitivinicola – An … Read more
Lucente
The careful selection of ingredients that is practiced in the production of Luce wine gives Lamberto Frescobaldi, the enologist for Luce della Vite, the opportunity to take advantage of picking the best harvest of Sangiovese and Merlot for the production of Lucente, one of the most popular Tuscany wines. The composition of … Read more
Pork Ragu and Pappardelle recipe
We recommend pairing Lucente or CastelGiocondo Brunello di Montalcino with this Pork Ragu and Pappardelle recipe. Serves 6 Pappardelle is traditionally served with a cinghiale ragu (wild boar sauce). Since wild boar can be difficult to find, especially outside of Europe, a flavorful cut of pork, such as the pork butt used … Read more