“Il menu dei centenari di Sardegna. Elisir di lunga vita” è il tema della cena che si terrà il 18 febbraio alle 20,30 al Four Seasons di Milano. Ispirandosi all’alimentazione dei sardi che sono fra i popoli più longevi del pianeta, lo chef Sergio Mei dell’Hotel Four Seasons di Milano ha creato un menu a base di erbe selvatiche, fregola, formaggi. Sono questi alcuni fra gli ingredienti che compongono la dieta dei centenari sardi. In…
Continue reading“Lo si schiaccia dolcemente tra lingua e palato; lentamente fresco e delizioso, comincia a fondersi: bagna il palato molle, sfiora le tonsille, penetra nell’esofago accogliente e infine si depone nello stomaco che ride di folle contentezza.” (G. Flaubert) Il Cibo. Unico mezzo di vita ma che da alleato può diventare un nemico. Questo il sotteso paradosso che sta alla base del nostro rapporto con esso. Il bisogno di cibo, la proiezione inconscia che esercitiamo su…
Continue readingAncora Carne, Giancarlo Vitali Val di Chiana used to be an extensive and unhealthy marsh until the hydraulic engineers working for the Grand Duke Leopoldo di Toscana drained the area. The drainage started by the mid half of the XIV century by the excavation of a complex system of canals and was finally carried out after more than four centuries. In the meantime the typical quadrangular farmhouses, with their peculiar dovecote, were projected and built.…
Continue readingRecipe by Marzio Africh, chef at Osteria Fonterutoli (serves 4) 1 kg sirloin from Chianina beef Salt Pepper For the marinade 100 gr Fonterutoli Extra Virgin Olive Oil 25 gr chopped sage, thyme, rosemary, marjoram and mint
Continue reading“I hereby give, on December 6 (1398), fiorini 3, soldi 26 denari 8 to Piero Tino Riccio, for 6 barrels of Chianti wine;… we pay the money by letter of Ser Lapo Mazzei.” At the end of the fourteenth Century, a respected and influential member of the Mazzei family, Ser Lapo, notary of the Lordship of Florence, a fine speculative mind and a major expert of vineyards, bought Chianti wines. Later on it was his…
Continue readingA mountain bike ride through the woods of Chianti di Castellina. Length: 26 km Time: 6h 30 min (by bicycle) Stopovers: Fonterutoli • Croce Fiorentina • Malafrasca • Castellina in Chianti • Monsanto • Cedda We are going to suggest a route through a territory scarcely touched by humans which will make it possible to enjoy the most natural side of Chianti. Trained bicycle riders and sedentary car drivers alike will go though woods of…
Continue readingRecipe by Marzio Africh, chef at Osteria Fonterutoli (for a round baking sheet 32 cm wide) Put 500gr of flour on the table, make a hole the middle and add 25gr of sugar, 20gr of salt and 50 gr of oil. In a separate bowl, melt 25gr of yeast in 225gr of warm water. Add to the flour to obtain a smooth dough. Grease a round baking sheet and arrange it to the rims. Squeeze…
Continue readingThe hamlet of Fonterutoli and its castle narrated by Agnese Mazzei, architect, who was born here. Fifth-born child of Marchese Lapo and descendant of a Florentine family that, despite its business, institutional and cultural activities in Florence and in the rest of Italy, retains strong ties to this hamlet, which represents a point of reference, an identity, a dimension of the soul. A small village built in a nerve centre of historical Chianti, where first…
Continue readingRecipe by Marzio Africh, chef at Osteria Fonterutoli (Serves 6 ) 4 white onions Fonterutoli Extra Virgin Olive Oil 8 peeled ripe tomatoes 200gr stale Tuscan bread 300ml vegetable broth basil Procedure Julienne the white onions and brown with extra virgin oil. Season with salt and pepper. Once stewed, add the tomatoes previously chopped in four and the vegetable broth. Simmer for about 45 minutes. Add the bread cut into thin slices and allow them…
Continue readingRecipe by Marzio Africh, chef at Osteria Fonterutoli (Serves 6) Pie Sautè in a pan 250gr of courgettes with 50gr of mint leaves with extra virgin olive oil, then season with salt and pepper. Once cooked, add all the other ingredients to the courgettes (3 eggs, 50 gr Parmesan cheese, 200 gr fresh cream) and reduce to a purèe. Butter round moulds and pour in the purèe, cook into the oven for about 10/15′ at…
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