Tuscan and Italian cooking

Well known all over the world, Italian Cooking is without doubt an important side of Italian Culture, and a travel in Italy represent the right time, not only to have an in-depth knowledge of art ad monuments, but also to taste traditions through dishes of Italian Cuisine.

Italian Cooking has ancient origin and traditions, to handed down during centuries by the rural families. It is a genuine cooking, healthy and nourishing, rich in natural ingredients like vegetables, pulses that well-matches with pasta dishes or with meat and fish, in addiction to cheese and dessert.

The main course of Italian Cooking is the 'First Course' like 'spaghetti' or soup, 'risotto' and soufflé.

Thank to the quality of its nutritional value, the pasta, is the most eaten food by Italians.
Pasta is a product made by durum wheat. The best part of pasta is starch (75%), a carbohydrate. Its food property comes from a large quantity of proteins (11%) and from an excellent digestibility, and a mineral salt. The presence of fat is very low.

Not to forget that many traditional dishes derives from the poor rural cuisine, from where, during centuries, has given rise to specialities: for example a soup with bread and vegetables called 'La Ribollita' or 'Acquacotta' and many other 'Classic' dishes of Italian Cooking.

The Italian Cuisine is the base of the Mediterranean Diet, with pasta, vegetables, fruit, fish and above all the Oil of Olive, which is the main resource of fat, which is also efficacious against arteriosclerosis and infarction.

The economic progress of the last 50 years has made cookery rich in fat and proteins than the original one, and now we are discovering the need to go back to a diet bounded up with the land, seasons and traditions.

Tuscan cookery is the sum of both features of Italian Cuisine and Mediterranean Diet, it's a poor cookery with simple ingredients. One of the most important is the Tuscan bread made in many shapes and without salt, because once, salt was expensive.

Tuscan cuisine is rich in carbohydrate 55/60% of cereals, fat 30% and proteins 20%. It's also remarkable the presence of dietetics fibers offered by dishes with vegetables.

A healthy diet is essential for those who practise sport, to mantein a right balance between burned calories and those absorbed, for that reason an holiday in Tuscany at Piè di Costa could be the right time to practise sport like Golf, cycling, jogging, tennis and trekking, and at the same time restore your's strength with carbohydrates and protein of the Tuscan cuisine.

Also in this case it's important not to overstretch and choose a soft sport like a taking a walk or a ride, are the best way to burn calories and to keep brusqueness.

In the Italian and tuscan cookery, wine represent more than a simple drink. In the vineyards on the Tuscan hills are produced the most famous wine of Italy like chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, Morellino di Scansano and much more.

During your holiday in Piè di Costa you will have the privilege to taste the best dishes in local restaurants. But above all, you will be able try to prepare true Tuscan dishes accompanied by our wines that will ensure a memorable dinner.