How to combine beers and cheeses
Cheese is a typical product of the Mediterranean area as another great excellence, wine. Wine and cheese as known is a great pairning. But what if we told you that craft beer is also perfectly matched to cheese? The tendency to
Taste of Tuscany
Are you on holiday in Tuscany and want to try the best food and wine excellences in the area? There is no better way than to visit companies, learn about their philosophy and reality to be able to appreciate in an
FarmLife: March, when the going gets tough …
With March spring arrives. This is a challenging all-round month. In addition to the reopening of our restaurant (where you eat the food produced in our company) (BOOK YOUR TABLE NOW), there are many jobs waiting for us. Starting from
Tortelli filled with washed-rind cheese and pea cream
Do you want a simple and impactful recipe to amaze your guests? Today we offer you tortelli stuffed with our washed rind cheese, accompanied with a light peas cream. Of course, the preparation needs a little time but the result
Farm to Table: A culinary experience in the heart of Tuscany
At Podere Casale and Podere Trafonti we treasure the harmonious cohabitation of plants, animals and humans. We enjoy cultivating fields, orchards, vineyards and vegetable gardens sustainably, and delight in gathering truffles, mushrooms and wild herbs in our fields and forests. We
Farm Life: February, the month of rebirth
January and february may seem like months of rest, a month when the earth regenerates and we can't do anything else but wait. Instead this month for a farm like Podere Il Casale is a very important moment, on which
How to milk a sheep?
Today we talk about one of the most important moments for a shepherd: hand milking. At Podere Il Casale milking is as tiring as it is gratifying. The shepherds love to graze, feed and care for their sheep and their
5 good reasons to eat sheep’s and goat’s cheese
Cheese is one of the oldest foods produced by man. It is part of many cultures of countries that overlook the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Many foods considered the cornerstones of a people's diet over the centuries have been
Honey is a miracle product
We all know that honey is a product with enormous beneficial properties. From an early age when we had the flu, cough and sore throat moms and grandmothers brought us a nice cup of hot milk with honey. Probably our grandmothers
We all know honey
We all know honey, we all know it is made by bees and is a food with formidable nutritional and healing properties. But are you sure you know what honey really is? Do we know how and why it is