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petak, 26.06.2009.

Pienza

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The city of Pecorino! And not just any kind, they received an award for the best Pecorino of Italy in 2007. Yes, I ate and tried all of them :)
It truly is fabulous. Our cheese tour was held by a very kind and funny Guiseppe. It's hilarious how most Italian men are called either Francesco, Guiseppe, or Giovanni, hehe, I love it!

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The cheese is made from the Pecora sheep and on this family farm there are 1000 of them. The sheep give a liter of milk per day each for 6 months and the rest of the year they are carrying little lambs :)

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After our little cheese tour, we proceeded to a beautiful restaurant ''Locanda l'Amorosa'' where except exceptional food, the interior design was breathtaking.
Bread was very good, except the unsalted one, but that's the way it is in Tuscany!

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The first little appetizer were fried sage leaves. I only missed a pinch of salt.

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Fried goat cheese with cream of peas

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Risotto with asparagus and black truffles

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Chianina veal with hash browns and fresh tarragon sauce

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And finally....Zabaglione with fresh strawberries and tuille cup! Wonderful and light!

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Bye bye Tuscany!!

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