Panforte: a typical sweet from Siena
Posted by admin in Archive, Food & Wine on 13. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
Panforte is a typical sweetmeat from Siena, known and highly considered throughout the world. In Tuscany it is eaten mainly at Christmas. According to tradition, its precursor was Panmelato, a type of flat bread made with wheat flour, honey and seasonal fruit. It was the religious clergy who first made these sweets like the Camaldoli [...]
Cantucci and Vin Santo: This Tuscan dessert is known worldwide
Posted by admin in Archive, Food & Wine on 23. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
Among the numerous delicacies in the traditional enogastronomy of Siena, “Cantucci and Vin Santo” deserve a special mention. In Siena it is traditional to serve a glass of Vin Santo or sweet dessert wine with a typical Tuscan “cantuccio”. The best way to savour this is to dip the cantuccio into the wine to exalt [...]
