Baccalà alla livornese – Livornese style cod
INGREDIENTS • 800 g Cod loin or fillet, desalted • 50g Cherry tomatoes or canned peeled tomatoes • Plain flour • Parsley, finely chopped • 2 Clove garlic • Black pepper • Salt • Extra virgin olive oil METHOD Chop the cod into 100g chuncks. In a large pan pour some extravirgin olive oil and […]
Vanilla and orange cheesecake
INGREDIENTS 650 g Philadelphia cream cheese 200 g Digestive biscuits 120 g Unsalted butter, melted 250 ml Double cream 200 g Sugar 1 Vanilla pod, sliced lengthways 1 Spoon Cornflour 1 Egg 5 Yolks Equipment: 23 cm loose-bottomed cake tin METHOD Crush the biscuits into fine crumbs and mix them thoroughly with melted butter in […]
Cannoli Siciliani
Ingredients for about 12 cannoli: Filling: 500 gr. Ricotta cheese 1/2 tsp Cinnamon 100 gr. Confectioner’s sugar 40 gr. Candied orange peel 30 gr. Bitter chocolate, chopped Chopped Pistachio nuts Press the ricotta through a sieve or whirl in a food processor until smooth. Beat in cinnamon, sugar and all the other ingredients. Refrigerate. Cannoli […]
Spinach and Ricotta Gnudi – Naked Ravioli
INGREDIENTS 1 kg Fresh Spinach 1 kg Goat’s milk Ricotta Cheese 5 Eggs 100 g All-purpose Flour 200 g Grated Parmesan 100 g Butter 15 Bay leaves Pinch of grated Nutmeg Salt Ground Black Pepper FOR THE GNUDI Wash carefully the spinach in cold water. Bring lightly salted water to a rapid boil in a […]
Salt Cod Ravioli with Bream Sauce
Recipe for about 55 ravioli FOR THE PASTA DOUGH 50 g Flour (what kind? I would put all-purpose flour) 5 Eggs 1 Teaspoon Salt Mix the flour, the eggs and the salt until the dough is well combined and smooth. Wrap the dough in plastic and chill for 90 minutes. In the meanwhile prepare the […]
Chicken liver Pate with Wine-glassed Figs and Walnuts
INGREDIENTS 400g of Chicken Liver 250ml Red Tuscany Wine 1 small glass of “Vin Santo” 150 Gr Buttert 1 Onion 2 Carrots Stalk of celery 50g of Walnut 100g of Dried Figs Extra Virgin Olive Oil METHOD First thing: soak the figs in Red Wine for a night. After that you have to chop the […]
How to Make Perfect a Guacamole
Hot to make a perfect Guacamole? Here our special Recipe! INGREDIENTS 2 Ripe Avocados 1 Tbsp of fresh lime juice with its grated rind Salt ½ Tbsp of chopped coriander 3 Little Tomatoes 1 White Onion 1 Fresh Chili Pepper Extra virgin olive oil METHOD Peel the onion and chop it with a knife, peel […]
In the middle of nature
“Path of the Hobbits” This is San Donato in Collina, a little hamlet of Bagno a Ripoli (in the province of Florence) which has only 400 inhabitants. San Donato is a fascinating place: it is really quiet and surrounded by particular woods and paths along which you can walk even with your children. San Donato […]
Sport
Near to our holiday farm you can also find several sports centres. Below there is a list of the main ones and the activities you can do there: A tennis court, so that you can show all your skills while playing with the racket. An horse centre where you can bring […]
Body care
Have you ever heard about the biggest Italian wellness centre? It is the third biggest one in Europe and it is really close to Florence. It is called Asmana, which means “paradise” in Indian, and maybe there is not a name that could describe this place better: this is a real haven of peace where […]
