Piramide alimentare ISIS Vasari 4 Comenius

1. Our area food pyramid

2. The 6th group

3. Red meats
● Chianina: It's one of the most ancient and
important Italian cow races. It comes from
“Valdichiana” and it is appreciated for its
savoury and tender meat
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4. Red meats
● Cinta senese: it is different from the other
dark furred pigs because of a white strip
around the chest, the shoulder and the
legs. Its meat is quite lean and with a strong
flavour
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5. Cured meat
● Finocchiona: It is a Tuscan cured meat
made with minced lean and fat pork meat
aromatized with fennel seeds and red wine.
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6. •Cured meat
Tuscan ham: it is one of the finest and best
known hams. It's made with pork
gammon, salted and spiced.
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7. Cured meat
● Soprassata: it is made with boiled pork
head and neck aromatised with
spices, lemon zest chopped parsley and
garlic. This mixture is stuffed in a canvas or a
silk dag. It has a round shape, a dark grey
colour and an intense scent.
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8. Cured meat
● Sausages: They are made with minced
pork meat expecially shoulder and gammon
combined with natural flavours such as sage
and rosemary and stuffed in a gut.
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9. The 5th group

10. Cheese
● Pecorino cheese from Siena hills: It has a
straw colour. It's a soft and fresh cheese
which becomes crunchy with ageing.
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11. Cheese
● Chianti Marzolino: it's made with sheep
milk and is produced exclusively in Tuscan
Chianti. It's oval or round in shape.
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12. The 4th group

13. •Chicken and fish
Valdarno chicken: it is a chicken raised freely.
It's strong and vigorous. It has a delicate
flavour.
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14. Chicken and fish
● Brown trout: it is dark with red and black
spots. This kind of trout can live in rivers
brooks and lakes and has a delicate flavour
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15. The 3rd group

16. Legumes and nuts
•Monte Amiata chestnut: it is an Italian IGP. It's
big and has a particular flavour and scent.
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17. Legumes and nuts
● Valdarno chickpea: it has a subtle skin, a
tender flesh and a distinct flavour. It has a
dark colour.
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18. Legumes and nuts
● Maremma chickpea: it has a small seed, a
subtle skin and can be cooked quickly. It can
be also digested easily
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19. Legumes and nuts
● Zolfino bean:it is typical of some areas of
Tuscany. It has a light yellow colour, a thick
skin and can be easily digested.
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20. The 2nd group

21. Oil, bread and potatoes
● Tuscan extravirgin olive oil: It's produced on
Tuscan hills. It is the most authentic
expression of an area devoted to olive. It is
lean and with a distinct flavour
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22. Oil, bread and potatoes
● Red Cetica potato: It is a variety of potato grown in
Cetica, on Pratomagno hills above 500 metres in Tuscany. It
has a red skin, a strong texture and a compact flesh.
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23. Oil, bread and potatoes
•Tuscan bread: It is typical of Tuscan culture. It's
unsalted but savoury due to a special kind of
natural raising made with acid , yeast and milk
bacteria.
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24. The1st group

25. Fruit and vegetables
● Black cabbage: it is without a central
flower, it has dark green leaves similar to
spades with an unsmooth surface. Its
flavour is quite bitter and distinct. It’s
used in Tuscan cuisine as an ingredient of
a typical soup called “Ribollita”.
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26. Fruit and vegetables
● Florentine long courgette: it has a light
green colour with several shadows. It’s
harvested with the flower. It is watery and
delicate.
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27. Fruit and vegetables
● Tuscan red onion:it has a dark red skin and a
white flesh. It has a spicy flavour, expecially
when cooked. It’s used for sauces, soups or
omelettes.
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28. Fruit and vegetables
● Florentine costoluto tomato: it has a
savoury taste and a compact flesh. It’s
consumed fresh , in salads or as a puree.
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29. Fruit and vegetables
● Montevarchi celery: it is not frost resistant
and not gentle. It is attacked by parassites.
The stalk is appreciated for its tenderness
and used in “pinzimonio”
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30. Fruit and vegetables
● Tuscan cotogna peach: it has a dark yellow
colour, it’s round but not big. It has a
particular scent and an excellent flavour.
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31. Fruit and vegetables
● Valdichiana rusty apple: it has a yellow-rusty
skin and a yellowish flesh.it’s particularly
savoury and fleshy.
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32. Fruit and vegetables
●Valcornia melon: it has particular organoleptic
features due to the climate and the soil of
Valcornia. It’s particularly sugary
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33. Fruit and vegetables
●Lari cherry: it’s a fleshy and sugary cherry, with
an intense red colour and flavour. It’s typical of
Pisa area.
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34. Fruit and vegetables
●Sangiovese Montanino vine: it is not a so
vigorous vine, its red grapes are harvested quite
early. It has a high sugar level.
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