November

Castagnaccio  -  Chestnut pie

Our grandparents went to school, answered to our questions and told us that when they were children they didn’t eat so many cakes as we eat nowadays.
So, when they have some cakes it was a special day! They had only simple and poor, but very tasty, cakes, cooked by their mothers. One of these was the “Castagnaccio” (or Migliaccio) and we have cooked this cake with our grandparents’ help.

Ingredients:
• 1 Kg chestnut flour
• half glass of olive oil
• one glass of water
• 3 little branches of rosemary
• salt
• 4 tablespoon of raisin
• 12 walnuts

Method
1. Put the flour in a bowl
2. Pour the water slowly, mixing.
3. Pour the olive oil.
4. Mix very well.
5. Pour the dough in a baking tin, grease with olive oil.
6. Spread the rosemary leaves on the dough.
7. Add the crumbed walnuts and the raisin.
8. Pour some olive oil, like a “C” letter.
9. Put in to oven (180°) for 20 minutes.

We have eaten the Castagnaccio with our grandparents, it was delicious!

Fettunta – Bread with olive oil

In our area we have many hills, where many olive trees are cultivated. This is the time of olive harvest, Tuscany olive oil is very famous and one of the most simple, traditional and tasty food of this period is the “Fettunta”: a slice of bread (it can be roasted or not) with some new olive oil and a pinch of salt.