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Pecorino di Pienza cheese pudding

Today we would like to propose you a pudding of Pecorino di Pienza with a broad bean sauce. It is often complicated to use cheeses to cook. Their intense flavor, their nature and their consistency allows them to be transformed into an

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How to taste cheese? First step:sight

Tasting cheeses means analyzing a small casket of flavors and aromas simply referring to our senses: sight, touch, smell and taste. In the article “How to taste cheeses: 8 rules to follow” we gave you some tips to a proper

Christmas Menu: First Dish and Main Course

For Christmas we have few but very important objectives: enjoy the day with the family and enjoy a special meal. Who has the honor to cook for this special day, however, often feels responsible for the success of the party,

Christmas Menu: easy recipes to impress

Do you have to prepare a Christmas menu? Do you have guests and you want to impress them? You don’t have ideas to create an easy menu that allows you to sit down at the table without spending Christmas in

Spaghetti with garlic, olive oil and pepper

Recipe for 4 people: Download here our tasty pasta recipe! INGREDIENTS: 75 ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 Teaspoon of spice mix 500 g Pasta Pecorino Cheese   To prepare a quick and tasty pasta with garlic, olive oil and

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Christmas Gift Ideas: Baskets with tuscan products

Are you looking for Christmas gift ideas? Taste the magic of the holidays by giving a Christmas basket with typical tuscan products from Podere il Casale. When Christmas is in the doorway, every time, until the end we don’t know

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I Introduce you Podere Il Casale: The Olives Harvest

What are the secrets to produce a good olive oil? Listen to Massimo, who is the protagonist of this new episode of “Ti Presento Podere Il Casale”. Olive harvesting at Podere Il Casale is a special moment, where we collect

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How to taste cheese in 8 rules

In the past cheeses were considered poor food and served with no care, perhaps next to salami and croutons. Today people, have finally recognized the great value they have. Like for the wine, it is necessary to observe some rules

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Saffron Panna Cotta

Today we propose you a simple and special recipe: saffron panna cotta. Our purpose is to use the saffron for a “creamy dessert” and we chose the panna cotta. We think that panna cotta is a great dessert, even versatile,

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Saffron: what is it and how to use it

There is no food like saffron. Live color, intense smell, as well as flavor, saffron is like a big actor who makes a smaller part. Even though saffron play a small part, it always become the absolute protagonist of a

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WHAT ARE SULPHITES IN WINE?

Let’s find out what are sulphites, which function thay have and how they are harmful to our health. When choosing a wine, we often read the label and find the text “CONTAIN SULPHITES” on the back, at the bottom. Our

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I introduce you Podere Il Casale: Sandra e Ulisse

Live a life following the rhythms of nature, in a unique place in the world, producing good and healthy food. This was the dream that inspired Sandra and Ulisse to move to Pienza in 1991 and found Podere Il Casale.

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5 things you don’t know about cheese

Cheese is a food that is always on our tables, grated on pasta, accompanied by honey and jam, or simply to enjoy as appetizer. Yet we know so little about this wonderful food. Here is a list of 5 curiosities about