Montaione's cooking
Eating and drinking
Since always, Tuscany has been characterized by an estraordinary abundance of food products as beef, cheese, and the best wines like chianti. These products was used in the past by rural families that have passed down since today their recipes made by natural and simple ingredients.
Tuscan cooking, present different tinge getting a touch of genuinity that change by places and depending by the products cultivated or more easy to find in the different area.
Strictly linked to the rural environment, but also to the peculiar nature of its woods and fields, Montaione's cooking comes from an ancient gastronomic tradition which, thanks to its geographical position, is the result of three local ways of cooking: from Siena, Florence and the Maremma.
Handed down from the farmers and characterized by very poor ingredients, Montaione's recipes keep intact their strong flavours, genuine and simple that are typical of the Tuscan countryside. Thanks to the big variety of products you can find in this area, it is possible to taste recipes of wild animals, like wild boars or hares, or Cinta Senese Sausages.
Other elements that characterize the recipes of Montaione's cooking are the valuable White Truffle, the olive oil and the excellent Chianti wine that is here produced, together with some other kinds of white wine.
Montaione has a big variety of cakes from the peasant traditions. They change according to the rhythm of the seasons and the public or church holidays: there are Schiacciata di Pasqua (Easter Cake), Schiacciata con l'Uva (Grape Cake) and Castagnaccio (a sweet made of chestnut flour).
If you are going to make a travel in Tuscany, take advantage of a short break in Montaione to taste our specialities.
