I have written about fig and walnut panforte before as a note on my panforte recipe on the blog, but I really think it deserves a page on it’s own. I adore simple recipes and with not much more than the figs and walnuts, this is good anytime of the year but I especially love…
Wordless Wednesday
Market to Table – Certaldo- Francesca’s Figs
Spending more time out in Certaldo, most of my best new recipes come from Francesca at the Certaldo weekly market. She only sells from her own farm and that of an aunt, so what you see is what you get. Today I saw the first figs! We picked up a whole tray of them when she…
Christmas Sweets- Simply Salami
I adore figs. I have always heard about the Salami di fichi made in Le Marche region of Italy and this year decided to make it! This is such a simple recipe everyone can do, anywhere. Traditionally the liquid in the recipe is called Cotto di Fichi, like Vin Cotto, it is a reduction of…
The Season’s Best
Driving around the countryside in Tuscany now is one of my favorite moments. the wheat is being cut, leaving golden fields with patterns much like corduroy, bright yellow sunflowers already bending with the heat. Green vineyards, bunches or grapes already full and waiting to ripen. Figs, both green called dottati, which have been around since…