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| Cooking in Tuscany is an Organic Experience
Cooking in Tuscany is certainly an organic experience. Italians have long prided themselves on their native cuisine. In Tuscany, the local flavors of the region are slowly but surely gaining international recognition. One of the reasons for this apparent recognition is Tuscany's use of organic produce for food preparation and cooking. Locals call it this traditional Tuscan peasant cooking. Others call it common sense. Whatever you wish to call it, cooking in Tuscany is certainly an experience worth going through.
The very foundation of Italian cooking and thus, cooking in Tuscany, is the olive oil. Only the finest olive oil produced from the finest olive groves are used. Italians take olive oil making very seriously. Every ounce of Tuscan olive oil is scrutinized by government agencies before they are bottled and sold. Tuscan olive oils in particular are always in high demand in and around the region because of its rich green color, its sublime aroma, and its inherent pure yet mild flavor.
Cooking in Tuscany uses olive oil so extensively that you can find it in the most basic pasta dishes, in marinades, in seasonings, etc. Part of the charm of Tuscan olive oil is the fact that the process of extracting the amber like fluid from the tiny olives is as ancient as the olive groves themselves. Very little has changed over the course of a millennium, which really makes cooking in Tuscany a unique yet organic experience.
Wine is also often used in Tuscan cooking, and the people of this region have ancient vineyards that have been serving them over the years. Wine making is also an ancient form of extraction that has changed very little over the years. Only organic, home brewed wine ever makes it out of the wineries - Tuscan wine, as it is called. Not only does this accompany cooking in Tuscany flawlessly, it is also a great notch upon the region's rich, rich history.
The Tuscan populace is a stickler to natural and home grown produce like meat, vegetables and fruits. Very little agricultural produce is imported from surrounding areas. Using locally grown organic produce, particularly herbs and beef products, plus home-made pasta make up the bulk of simple but flavorful dishes that is popular in the area. Locals call it the traditional Tuscan peasant cooking; and it relies heavily on the freshness of the produce, the exacting flavor of olive oils and the simplicity of food preparation and serving.
If you wish to know more about the making of olive oils, or about wine making, or about how to achieve the bountiful flavors of traditional Tuscan peasant cooking, the region is offering many forms of cooking courses and / or cuisine tasting tours. If you plan on a more gastronomical approach to knowing Tuscany, this is one of the best ways of doing so. If your interest is more historical and cultural, some of these cooking courses or cuisine tasting tours will give you a personalized tour among the different wine and olive plantations in the area.
Truly, when it comes to cooking in Tuscany, flavor and history comes together effortlessly.
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