Pasta with asparagus and sausage

Asparagus and sausage pasta sauce

A quick spring pasta sauce of asparagus and Italian sausage, made creamy by blending part of the asparagus with olive oil. No cream needed. Ready in 30 minutes.
Stuffed chicken involtini in white wine sauce

Chicken involtini: stuffed chicken or turkey rolls in white wine

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Chicken or turkey breast fillets are filled, rolled up and cooked to make a succulent, interesting dish.
Guinea fowl in grape sauce with walnuts and pine nuts

Guinea fowl with walnuts and grapes: a Tuscan harvest recipe

This is a great dish for the autumn, with the nuts adding texture and the just-harvested grapes adding a smooth sweetness.
Tuscan chicken cacciatora with olives in a herb and vegetable sauce

Tuscan chicken cacciatora with red wine, olives and orange

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Tuscan hunter’s-style chicken, slow-cooked in red wine with herbs, vegetables, black olives, and a hint of orange.
Sliced Tuscan polpettone with vegetables inside

Polpettone: Tuscan meatloaf with vegetables, in tomato sauce

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This dish is colourful, moist, flavoursome and very comforting.
Pasta with Tuscan ragù

Tuscan ragù: slow-cooked meat sauce with vegetables and sage

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There are dozens of versions of ragù which are favourites in different regions of Italy. During our cooking classes in Tuscany, we teach this Tuscan version (using not much tomato).
Thinly sliced Tuscan herb-crusted roast beef

Tuscan herb-crusted roast beef cooked on the stovetop with Vin Santo

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Tuscan herb-crusted roast beef, cooked on the stovetop with rosemary, sage, and Vin Santo. Tender, thinly sliced beef with fragrant, herby pan juices.
Sliced Tuscan stracotto in red wine sauce

Stracotto: Tuscan slow-cooked beef in red wine

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The vegetables in this slow cooked dish produce a velvety-textured sauce which goes perfectly with the tender meat.
Tuscan chicken liver crostini

Crostini toscani: Tuscan chicken liver pâté with capers and vin santo

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This is the most classic of all Tuscan crostini. Even those who say they don’t like paté love this one!
Sliced turkey breast roll in a creamy milk sauce

Turkey breast roll stuffed with herbs and grapes, cooked in milk

This is our family dish which has been passed down through the generations and adapted a little. A butterflied turkey breast is stuffed with herbs and grapes, rolled up and tied and cooked in milk.