Fat Thursday — Giovedì Grasso — is Italy's day for buffets, dancing and masked balls, and at Tenuta Torciano it means a dinner built around good Tuscan food and wine.
A Venetian tradition
Where Fat Thursday comes from
Today, throughout Italy, people celebrate Fat Thursday with buffets, dinners, wine and dancing at masked balls. The two ingredients are always the same: good food with excellent wine, and a lot of fun.
In Venice, Fat Thursday is celebrated in remembrance of the victory of Doge Michiel over Ulrich of Aquileia, soon after 1160. The losing side was obliged to send the Doge many pigs every year, to commemorate the win against the patriarch Ulrich.
Both the people and the nobles used to celebrate by eating pork, dancing, watching performances and fireworks. This was also when the famous Flight of the Angel — or of the Dove (volo dell'angelo e della colombina) — began: a person running down a wire from the Campanile of San Marco, across the square.
At Tenuta Torciano
Dinner with Mamma Graziella
On March 3, Fat Thursday, our cook Mamma Graziella waits for you for an evening of good food and wine tasting, signed Tenuta Torciano Winery.
Welcome
Platter of Tuscan salami and cheeses with toasted bread, paired with Rosso di Montalcino, 2007 vintage.
First course
Chard roulade stuffed with ricotta on tomato sauce, paired with Chianti Classico Doge, 2008 vintage.
Second course
Tagliatelle with meat sauce, paired with Musicale, our Super Tuscan of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, 2008 vintage.
Main course
Pork fillet in a pistachio crust with tricolor, paired with Baldassarre (Cabernet, Merlot, Sangiovese), 2006 vintage.
Dessert
"Cenci" and pancakes with a cup of strawberries and mascarpone, paired with Vin Santo dessert wine.
