Tuscan Gift Boxes are here!

Five handpicked, seasonal goodies from chestnut flour to new olive oil.

They are here! The latest (very limited) edition Tuscan gift box contains 4 hand-picked seasonal ingredients and 1 wooden pasta tool:

- Organic, stone-ground, ancient grain farro flour from the golden fields of Mulino Valdorcia near Pienza. The way the grain is ground leaves much of the fiber in the flour, making it much more nutritious than conventional flours. Farro flour is low in gluten so it can be trickier to work with than conventional flour but I love mixing this with some regular flour to make my favourite pizza bases or crostata, for example.

- Chestnut flour from Mugello, on the Appenine mountains between Florence and Bologna, famous for its ancient native chestnut forests. As they are protected, there are no fertilisers, chemicals or additives used in the production of the chestnuts or the production of the flour. These are harvested by hand, slow dried (no more than 55 C) and then stone ground. Naturally gluten free. I’m so happy to have found this lovely flour, I love it in gnocchi (like this one) and castagnaccio or necci, two sweet, typically Tuscan snacks.

- Pesciole al tartufo. These are unusual, tiny, unripe dwarf peaches about the size of olives that can be eaten whole. They’re crunchy and tart and brined with truffles! Only the Savini family produce this curious, delicious, addictive little snack, perfect for serving with festive drinks.

- Organic new olive oil, AKA liquid gold! This comes from my friend Sarah’s family farm at Poggio Alloro near San Gimignano.

- Wooden gnocchi board — great for gnocchi of course (try them with the chestnut flour) but also you can use it to try your hand at rigatoni, garganelli and malloredus. The kids love playing with this one too.

- Recipe card for some handy recipes, my favourite Roman-style farro flour pizza and chestnut gnocchi from my second cookbook, Acquacotta (if you have the book there is also a castagnaccio recipe in it).

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These will be packaged with care and can be shipped worldwide by international courier directly from Tuscany, so it will arrive in a matter of days. If you have any questions (if you don't see your country for shipping in drop-down menu) or special requests (such as if this is a gift for someone), drop me a line, info@emikodavies.com.