Tuscany is the best place to celebrate your wedding, do you know why? Because in Tuscany you can taste one of the best cuisine in the world! Brilliant Wedding Tuscany is proud to suggest you some food ideas your guests will love at your wonderful Tuscan wedding. Are you ready to make your mouth water?
As you already know, Tuscany is a land rich in history, art and traditions, and one of the best known traditions in the world is the culinary one: you have surely heard of dishes such as bistecca alla Fiorentina or pappardelle with wild boar sauce (not to mention the infinity of wines that are produced in this region, especially in the Chianti area). It was not easy to select 6 dishes to suggest you, but we did it! So let’s discover them together.
For meat lovers, a timeless classic of Tuscan cuisine: the Florentine steak, also simply called “Fiorentina”. What is it? It is a 3-4 cm thick steak, cooked rare – this is in fact the typical element that make it so delicious. It is usually seasoned with coarse salt and pepper while it cooks, and a drizzle of raw extra virgin olive oil. It can be served with a side dish of seasonal raw or cooked vegetables, or with baked potatoes. The ideal wine to accompany the Florentine steak must be full-bodied, with a medium-high alcohol content, to enhance the rich flavor of this Chianina meat. Your guests will never forget such a dish…
Pappardelle with wild boar are one of the tastiest and most sought after first courses of the Tuscan tradition. The preparation of the sauce is very long but it’s worth it! It begins by letting the wild boar pulp drain for a whole night (in order to release the wild acrid scents).
In the morning, the pulp is marinated in red wine with celery, carrot, onion, garlic, juniper berries and peppercorns. It is cut into small pieces and put to cook in a saucepan on a sautéed base. The other key ingredient is, obviously, the pappardelle, that are a type of egg pasta with a width of about 13 mm. Yummy!
In Tuscany there are not only meat dishes: contrary to what is thought it could be considered a vegan’s paradise! In fact, in Tuscany many dishes are based on vegetables and legumes. So don’t worry if you or your guests follow a vegetarian or vegan diet, Tuscany will satisfy all palates!
Let’s talk now about pappa al pomodoro, a very tasty dish made from the simplest ingredients in the world: bread, tomato, extra virgin olive oil, garlic and basil. It was born from the poor peasant cuisine and like many other poor dishes it is based on ingredients readily available in the Tuscan peasants of the past’s houses (bread, oil, vegetables). In some recipes, chili is also added to make the dish more delicious. A must try! You can’t realize the deliciousness until you try it!
Ribollita is one of the most popular winter dishes in Tuscany. It is a soup that seems to be born for vegans! It’s a mix of different types of cabbage, beans, onion and carrots, a delicacy to try if you decide to get married in Tuscany during the winter!
We have not forgotten about you, fish lovers! We are presenting you the Cacciucco, a fish-based dish typical of Tuscan seafood cuisine. It is a poor fish soup, with crustaceans and molluscs, usually octopus, cuttlefish, rockfish, with the addition of tomato sauce and wine. Often can also be found mussels, clams and other types of fish. There are several variants, it also depends on the cook’s imagination.
This fish soup is served in a bowl in which some toasted and garlicky bread has previously been placed. This dish is best tasted not too hot, when the bread is completely soaked in the soup. A special first course, ideal for surprising your guests.
And here we are at dessert! We have chosen to tell you about the delicious torta co’bischeri, an original cake recipe from Pisa consisting of a short crust pastry and a very rich filling based on chocolate, boiled rice, raisins, eggs, pine nuts, candied fruit, nutmeg and liqueur. The shape is round with characteristic folds, called precisely bischeri (short crust pastry folded on the outer edge of the cake). A real treat that you must try!
Here are some secrets of the most famous Tuscan dishes revealed. Of course, Tuscan cuisine doesn’t stop there! If you are curious to find out which dishes you can enjoy with your sweetheart and your loved ones on your wedding day in Tuscany, let us know what your tastes are! Brilliant Wedding Tuscany will find the ideal menu for you and your guests.
