Tuscan Pasta Tordellata with ragu, Swiss chard and ricotta. Known as Tuscan pasta tordellata, intordellata or stordellata, this delicious deconstructed version of a traditional tortelli recipe from Tuscany tastes as good as the filled pasta dish, with less work! I loved everything about this...
Gigli or Campanelle pasta
June 3, 2018 0 Comments
Gigli or Campanelle Pasta (also known as riccioli) I think gigli or campanelle pasta is among the prettiest looking pasta types! Each piece of this pasta is shaped like a cone with ruffled edges. In Italian ‘campanelle’ means bell flowers or little bells. Here in Italy it is also known as...
Tuscan pici pasta all’etrusca with asparagus
April 11, 2018 7 Comments
Tuscan pici pasta all’etrusca (with roasted asparagus and cherry tomatoes) Tuscan pici pasta all’etrusca is a typical pasta recipe from Tuscany. It’s made with pici, a traditional hand-rolled pasta that looks like very thick spaghetti strings and a delicious pesto type sauce made with...
Pici pasta from Tuscany. Pici is an ancient type of pasta from Tuscany. Originally always fresh and homemade, this pasta looks like long thick spaghetti. Like many other types of pasta which were invented a long time ago and were an important staple for Italy’s rural peasant population, pici...
Tuscany (Toscana); the Food and Pasta Like so many others who have visited Tuscany, I fell in love with this region. Not that I have seen it all, Tuscany covers an area of nearly 23,000 sq km, twenty-five percent of which is mountainous. But, it has much to offer and is a part of Italy that does...
Tuscan Wild Boar Ragu with Pappardelle Pasta
April 4, 2018 9 Comments
Tuscan Wild Boar Ragu with Pappardelle Pasta Ribbons This rich and hearty wild boar ragu recipe comes from Tuscany, although wild boar ragu with pasta is popular in a number of other Italian regions too. Pappardelle con ragu di cinghiale alla toscana. To many people, wild boar ragu sounds rather...