This recipe, from a tuscan manuscript of XIV century, is a perfect and healty solution for modern meal. The writer presents this recipe in two version: lean (di magro) and with meat (di grasso). Lean eating, was mandatory in medieval … Continua a leggere FLORENCE – Cabbage sauté (XIV cent.)

Leaks are very common in medieval recipes, as we will see. Leak soup, sauté or pies are in all the medieval recipe book. Leaks are also used to enrich de flavour of filled pasta. This recipe of fried leaks is … Continua a leggere FLORENCE -Medieval leaks ‘tempura’

Grape, wheat, oil and rosmery: these are the ingredients of this medieval bread, sold in the street of Florence on Holy Thursday. A feast for senses: the grape chunks create an interesting texture, the rosmery has persistent perfume and the … Continua a leggere FLORENCE- Pan di Ramerino (medieval religious “street food”)

If you want to try a real medieval soup, here you find an easy “cabbage soup” very old and yet extremely modern. I translate it from a tuscan manuscript of XIV century (il Trecento). The manuscript is now known as … Continua a leggere FLORENCE- CABBAGE SOUP (XIV cent.)

This recipe, in its contemporary version, is definitely not medieval. Dante could never have tasted it or even dreamt about that: it contains tomatoes, beans and potatoes that where unknown in Europe for another two centuries after Dante’s time. Yet, … Continua a leggere FLORENCE – RIBOLLITA TOSCANA