Typical Tuscan products: Tuscan bread, Tuscan olive oil, Tuscan wine, Tuscan salami, cheese, Tuscan, Tuscan pastries

Typical Tuscan products: Tuscan bread, Tuscan olive oil, Tuscan wine, Tuscan salami, cheese, Tuscan, Tuscan pastries

5 July 2011 / News


Typical Tuscan products

Typical Tuscan products: Tuscan bread, Tuscan olive oil, Tuscan wine, Tuscan salami, cheese, Tuscan, Tuscan desserts.

Typical Tuscan products Tuscany is for many tourists and one of the richest Italian regions of tasty dishes and distinctive, marked by the unique and unmistakable flavor that only Tuscan products can offer. The home cooking, tasty and authentic Tuscan cuisine has given the uniqueness of the products internationally recognized. The territory, agriculture flourished and passion for good food have favored the multiplication of Tuscan products that are now on the tables of most popular restaurants in the region and country fairs, especially in summer, which offer tastings of Tuscan specialties and Tuscan delicacies .

Among the typical Tuscan products one of the most popular is the famous Tuscan bread, baked in a wood that if according to tradition, has the property to be long. A fundamental characteristic of Tuscan bread is the absolute absence of salt in the dough.

Other flagship of Tuscan cuisine is definitely the ' Tuscan oil , which accounts for Tuscany one of the higher quality products. The Tuscan olive oil is produced according to ancient methods and the production of ' Tuscan extra virgin olive oil is very limited and selected their own to offer a better product and quality.

Among the outstanding traditional Tuscan food raw ham, fat column, the Tuscan sausages , wild boar meat and all of the meats industry, famous for their unique taste and flavor, especially if accompanied by a good wine.

The wine is another typical Tuscan product that has made the name of Tuscany famous throughout the world. As for the wines of Tuscany has a tradition secular. The wines produced in Tuscany are famous worldwide for their quality and unique taste. Among the typical Tuscan DOCG wines produced in Tuscany's most famous and popular are the Chianti Classico and Brunello di Montalcino.

Other typical Tuscan products worthy of note are the Lard, Panforte of Siena, the honey of Lunigiana, Garfagnana Emmer.

Full list PDO and PGI in Tuscany:

  • Castagna del Monte Amiata IGP
  • Sorana Bean PGI
  • Chestnut flour Garfagnana DOP
  • Garfagnana IGP Spelt
  • PGI Lardo di Colonnata
  • Marrone del Mugello PGI
  • Lunigiana Honey PDO
  • Extra virgin olive oil Chianti Classico DOP
  • Lucca DOP extra virgin olive oil
  • Extra virgin olive oil DOP Terre di Siena
  • IGP Toscano Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Prosciutto Toscano PDO
  • Zafferano di San Gimignano PDO