{"id":14347,"date":"2023-05-27T12:57:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T10:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radici-italiane.com\/tuscany-box-mulino-val-dorcia\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T19:33:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T17:33:13","slug":"tuscany-box-pici-senesi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radici-italiane.com\/en\/tuscany-box-pici-senesi\/","title":{"rendered":"Pici senesi – Tuscany Box"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learn more about the Pici Senesi which are part of the Tuscany Box by Radici Italiane.<\/h4>\n

Let’s discover the Pici senesi along the roads of the Val d’Orcia<\/strong><\/a>, elevated to emblem of the Tuscan landscape. Hills with a delicate profile and roads full of cypress trees, in a perfect combination of green and yellow, give us the idea of an incomparable natural environment, declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1996.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the hill overlooking the enchanting village of Monticchiello<\/strong>, in a particularly favourable position for the panorama, stands Pienza<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. During the Renaissance it was defined by Pope Pius II as an ‘ideal city’<\/strong>, a concept that emphasised functionality and rationality of spaces.<\/p>\n

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Today, Pienza represents this paradigm even more than yesterday: perfectly maintained stone houses,<\/strong> lush greenery<\/strong> sprouting from the windows, streets from which a medieval history<\/strong> shines through. All in line with healthy lifestyles and in keeping with the tranquillity of a village:<\/strong> in short, an ideal town even today.<\/p>\n

From the cobbled streets, one descends to the sun-kissed plain and the microclimate so favourable to the extensive wheat fields.<\/strong> Those that the ancient farming tradition<\/strong> has helped to shape, always maintaining absolute respect for the surrounding environment.<\/p>\n

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Mulino Val d’Orcia: one of Italy’s first cases of short supply chain<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In the village of Spedaletto, along the Via Francigena, we find the Mulino Val d’Orcia.<\/strong><\/a> It has been growing wheat organically since 1992, right next to the pasta factory.<\/p>\n

Just behind the mill, stands a medieval castle, on which stands a tower and a beautiful courtyard that has been converted into a farmhouse. A global project, therefore, that of the activity managed by Amedeo, which focuses on the recovery of the compassed times of the agricultural tradition<\/strong>, which has always respected the natural cycle of the seasons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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And it is precisely the slow time that is decisive. In fact, thanks to bronze drawing and natural drying,<\/strong> Pici are characterised by a particular roughness, which allows the sauces to be absorbed more easily. But that’s not all. This pasta is made from durum wheat flou<\/strong>r of the Senatore Cappelli<\/strong><\/span> variety. It also boasts a low glycaemic index and greater lipid-vitamin properties than conventional pasta.<\/p>\n

A typical dish of southern Tuscany, t<\/strong><\/a>o be paired with a good Chianina meat sauce, Pici senesi date back to Etruscan times, but after more than two thousand years they still represent the heritage of this territory<\/strong> extraordinarily balanced between human activity and the natural environment.<\/p>\n

Pici senesi<\/strong> go very well with sauces, especially the PGI Chianina ragout<\/strong><\/span><\/a> that you can find in Box Tuscany or the PDO Cinta Senese ragout<\/strong> that you can find in our boutique in Pistoia!<\/p>\n

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