SUMMER IN THE VINEYARD
Author: vignamaggioblog
YOGHURT CAKE
This cake is a regular on the buffet table in our Breakfast Room each morning. At Vignamaggio breakfast is part of your stay: each morning we offer our guests a variety of homemade cakes and this must be one the simplest and most popular recipes. WHAT YOU NEED A 125 ml jar of yoghurt 1 […]
CHIANTI BERRIES
We could not be prouder of our CHIANTI RASPBERRIES. Vignamaggios’ organic fruit orchard project began in 2015 on uncultivated, sunny land on the Montagliari plains. Other than pomegranates, plums, figs, apricots, apples and pears, in the cooler Mulino del Piano section, we have planted berries, such as raspberries and blackberries as well as black, white […]
LA PAPPA AL POMODORO
Pappa is an Italian term for baby food. It’s even used to refer to food for toddlers up the age of 4. Pappa al Pomodoro however is also one of Florence’s most traditional dishes. WHAT WE NEED 6 TOMATOES +1 for the broth EVO oil (50g) 5 leaves of FRESH BASIL 1 clove of garlic […]
VIGNAMAGGIO IN PIAZZA!
The town square, Piazza Matteotti, is the heart of the small town of Greve in Chianti. Greve’s history and growth are unequivocally linked to its piazza, a marketplace since the 300’s. Its position at the bottom of the valley and proximity to the river made it an ideal place for commercial encounters. The main residential […]
The ultimate Hunter’s chicken casserole recipe
Hunter’s chicken in italian is “Pollo alla Cacciatora”. Cacciatora refers to a specific flavour rendered by the combination of the garlic and rosemary we use in the preparation of this dish: the same herbs that hunters would use to flavour the food they caught while out hunting. WHAT WE NEED 1 kg chicken portions, cut […]
THE GARDEN IN MAY
With the long Winter finally over, it’s time for vegetable planting in Vignamaggio’s organic vegetable garden, the Pomario, flanking the villa’s renaissance garden. Vignamaggio’s vegetable garden supplies the restaurant with vegetables and herbs, and perhaps most importantly, the tomatoes we find in so many summer dishes. In fact, the Pomario can boast 5 varieties of tomato: […]
JUST ANOTHER LEMON TREE
Anyone who has been to Tuscany will have noticed that none of the gardens of the great villas scattered throughout the territory would be complete without big terracotta pots containing lemon trees, big and small. The Medici’s first set this trend in 1500. These exotic plants quickly became ornamental items to show off in the […]
HOW TO STORE AN OPENED BOTTLE OF RED WINE
It’s Friday afternoon and it’s been a long week. There’s that bottle of wine you bought on holiday and it’s on your mind: uncorking it, sitting down, feet in slippers and sipping a lovely glass of wine with a few snacks. But you will be tormented by a myriad of reasons to abandon this plan: […]
An old acquaintance
Case all’Orto was part of the property until the ’90s. Guido’s father was actually born in this house lying about two kilometres from Vignamaggio, an old farm surrounded by fruit trees and once renowned for its vegetables. Nowadays Case all’Orto is part of Vignamaggio’s property again. Settled on the green Montagliari plain, on a route […]