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Melograno pomegranate Sicilian salad recipe

Madonnas, melograni (pomegranates), and a winter salad

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Summer in Tuscany is spent soaking up the sun at the beach or escaping the heat in the mountains; as olive farmers, our autumn is dominated by the raccolta(harvest). Come […]

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Savoury recipes, Seasonal Tuscan Recipes, Tuscany, Winter recipes
Olives at different stages of ripeness, Tuscany, Italy

Ripening: olives show their true colours

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We are sometimes asked whether we grow green or black olives, as if the colours represented two different varieties rather the maturity of the fruit: every olive will turn from […]

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Olive Trees, The Olive Grove, The Olive Grove in Autumn/Fall
Castagnaccio chestnut flour cake from Tuscany

Chestnut fever: castagnaccio, caldarroste and Chinese wasps

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October and early November are chestnut season in Tuscany. For centuries chestnuts were a dietary staple in the mountainous parts of Tuscany, such as the Garfagnana area above Lucca. Chestnuts […]

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Autumn/ Fall recipes, Savoury recipes, Seasonal Tuscan Recipes
Fettunta : bruschetta with olio nuovo (extravirgin olive oil)

Liquid gold: tasting the olio nuovo

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There is a hushed silence around the table. In turn, each member of the family drizzles a few drops of our just-pressed oil onto a piece of Tuscan bread, and […]

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About Olive Oil, Autumn/ Fall recipes, making olive oil

La raccolta: the olive harvest in Tuscany

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We have been harvesting in our olive grove for three weeks now, although frequent rain has slowed our progress. The harvest, or raccolta, is a decidedly social affair. Ulivetti (olive groves) […]

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making olive oil, Olive Trees, The Olive Grove, The Olive Grove in Autumn/Fall
Schiaccata con l'uva grape foccacia

The grape and the olive: Schiacciata con l’uva (grape focaccia)

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From a food perspective, autumn is the most important time of the year in Tuscany. Many of the most highly prized ingredients of the Tuscan diet – truffles, porcini mushrooms, […]

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Autumn/ Fall recipes, Seasonal Tuscan Recipes, Sweet recipes, Tuscany
invaitura ripening olives ready for harvesting Tuscany Italy

Back in the grove: time for the olive harvest

November 3, 2013by Tuscan olive grove girl 31 Comments

After a long hot summer (and an equally long and inexcusable break from blogging) when there was little to do in the grove other than watch the olives grow, it’s […]

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The Olive Grove, The Olive Grove in Autumn/Fall
Fig tree Tuscany Italy

Olives are not the only fruit: fig trees in the olive grove

July 30, 2013by Tuscan olive grove girl 41 Comments

The hills of Montalbano, known as le colline di Leonardo (Leonardo’s hills), are prime olive-growing territory. From the top of the hill where we have our olive grove, a endless […]

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Foraging in Tuscany, The Olive Grove, The Olive Grove in Summer
mown olive grove summer italy tuscany

Olive farming in summer: the waiting game

July 25, 2013by Tuscan olive grove girl 15 Comments

Summer is a quiet period for olive farmers, particularly the organic sort. The trees have been pruned and the grass mown, the fruit has set, so since we are not […]

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Olive Trees, The Olive Grove, The Olive Grove in Summer
Nepitella wild mint

Foraging for Mushroom Grass – Nepitella (wild calamint)

July 10, 2013by Tuscan olive grove girl 26 Comments

Now that the olive blossom has faded, the dominant scent in the olive grove is once again a strong, minty fragrance. Tracing the scent back to its source, I stumbled […]

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Foraging in Tuscany, The Olive Grove

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