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Tuscan Italian Recipes

Six beloved dishes from the Tuscan hills — each made with honest fats that bring out the depth of every ingredient.

Bistecca alla Fiorentina

Bistecca alla Fiorentina

⏱ 35 min🍽 2 servings🔥 Medium

Thick-cut T-bone steak grilled rare over olive wood and finished with extra-virgin olive oil, sea salt, and rosemary.

Ingredients

  • 1 thick T-bone or porterhouse (about 1 kg, 4 cm thick)
  • Coarse sea salt
  • Cracked black pepper
  • 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
  • 3 cloves garlic, smashed
  • 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 lemon, halved

Instructions

  1. Bring the steak to room temperature for 30 minutes; pat very dry.
  2. Heat a grill or cast-iron skillet over the highest heat until smoking. Rub the steak with smashed garlic and oil.
  3. Sear 4 minutes per side without moving, then stand on the bone edge 2 minutes to render the fat.
  4. Season generously with coarse salt and pepper on both sides during cooking.
  5. Rest on a warm plate for 10 minutes under foil; drape with rosemary sprigs.
  6. Slice off the bone, drizzle with olive oil and lemon, and serve immediately.
Cacciucco Livornese

Cacciucco Livornese

⏱ 1 hr 30 min🍽 6 servings🔥 Medium

The five-fish stew of the Tuscan coast, deep with red wine, tomato, garlic, and chili — served over toasted country bread.

Ingredients

  • 500 g mixed firm fish fillets (cod, monkfish, dogfish)
  • 400 g mussels, scrubbed
  • 400 g clams, purged
  • 300 g large prawns, shell on
  • 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 small red chili, sliced
  • 6 cloves garlic, sliced
  • 1 cup dry red wine
  • 800 g canned San Marzano tomatoes, crushed
  • Sea salt and black pepper
  • 6 thick slices country bread, toasted

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a wide pot. Soften garlic and chili 2 minutes without browning.
  2. Pour in red wine and reduce by half over high heat.
  3. Add crushed tomatoes, 1 cup water, salt and pepper. Simmer 25 minutes until thickened.
  4. Add the firmest fish first; simmer 5 minutes. Add prawns, mussels, and clams; cover and steam 5 minutes more until shells open.
  5. Discard any unopened shells. Adjust seasoning.
  6. Rub toasted bread with garlic and place in deep bowls. Ladle the stew over and serve.
Ribollita

Ribollita

⏱ 1 hr 30 min🍽 6 servings🔥 Easy

Twice-cooked Tuscan bean and cavolo nero soup thickened with stale country bread and finished with the best olive oil.

Ingredients

  • 400 g dried cannellini beans, soaked overnight
  • 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 2 carrots, diced
  • 2 stalks celery, diced
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 bunch cavolo nero (Tuscan kale), torn
  • ½ green cabbage, shredded
  • 400 g canned tomatoes
  • 6 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • 500 g stale country bread, torn
  • Sea salt and black pepper

Instructions

  1. Simmer beans in fresh water with rosemary until tender, about 45 minutes; reserve liquid.
  2. Heat olive oil in a heavy pot. Cook onion, carrots, celery for 10 minutes; add garlic 1 minute.
  3. Add cabbage and cavolo nero; cook until wilted. Stir in tomatoes and 5 cups broth.
  4. Add beans with their liquid; season and simmer 20 minutes until everything melds.
  5. Tear stale bread into the soup; stir and rest 10 minutes off heat to thicken.
  6. Ladle into bowls, drizzle generously with olive oil, and crack fresh pepper over the top.
Pappa al Pomodoro

Pappa al Pomodoro

⏱ 45 min🍽 4 servings🔥 Easy

Silky tomato-and-bread soup from the Tuscan hills, brightened with basil and a generous pour of olive oil.

Ingredients

  • 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving
  • 4 cloves garlic, sliced
  • ½ tsp red chili flakes
  • 1.2 kg ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped
  • 300 g stale country bread, torn into chunks
  • 3 cups vegetable broth, warmed
  • 1 large bunch fresh basil, leaves picked
  • Sea salt and black pepper

Instructions

  1. Warm olive oil in a heavy pot. Add garlic and chili and cook gently 2 minutes.
  2. Add tomatoes and a pinch of salt; cook 15 minutes until broken down.
  3. Stir in the bread and warm broth; cook 10 minutes, mashing with a wooden spoon.
  4. Tear in most of the basil; season with salt and pepper.
  5. Rest off the heat 10 minutes to thicken into a porridge texture.
  6. Serve in bowls finished with a long ribbon of olive oil and the remaining basil.
Schiacciata all'Uva

Schiacciata all'Uva

⏱ 3 hr🍽 8 servings🔥 Medium

Tuscan grape-harvest flatbread — pillowy olive-oil dough topped with sweet wine grapes, rosemary, and crunchy sugar.

Ingredients

  • 500 g strong bread flour
  • 7 g instant yeast
  • 10 g fine salt
  • 320 ml warm water
  • 80 ml extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the pan
  • 600 g black wine grapes (Concord or Sangiovese)
  • 60 g caster sugar
  • 2 sprigs rosemary
  • Coarse sugar for finishing

Instructions

  1. Mix flour, yeast, salt, water, and 60 ml olive oil into a soft dough. Knead 10 minutes; rise 1.5 hours.
  2. Oil a 30 cm pan generously. Stretch half the dough into the pan.
  3. Scatter half the grapes, half the sugar, and a few rosemary leaves over the dough.
  4. Top with the rest of the dough; cover with remaining grapes, sugar, and rosemary.
  5. Drizzle remaining olive oil and sprinkle coarse sugar on top. Rest 30 minutes.
  6. Bake at 200°C (400°F) for 35–40 minutes until deep amber and the grapes burst. Cool before slicing.
Cantucci di Prato

Cantucci di Prato

⏱ 1 hr🍽 24 cookies🔥 Easy

Twice-baked Tuscan almond biscotti, light and crunchy — the perfect partner for an after-dinner glass of Vin Santo.

Ingredients

  • 300 g all-purpose flour
  • 250 g caster sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 3 large eggs
  • 60 g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 250 g whole almonds, toasted

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 170°C (340°F) and line a tray with parchment.
  2. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest in a bowl.
  3. Beat eggs lightly with melted butter and vanilla; fold into the dry mix with the almonds until just combined.
  4. Shape into two long logs on the tray; bake 25 minutes until golden and firm.
  5. Cool 10 minutes, then slice diagonally into 1.5 cm pieces.
  6. Lay cut side down and bake 12 minutes more until crisp. Cool completely before serving with Vin Santo.
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