Restaurant da Delfina

If you are lucky, you might see Delfina from whom the restaurant takes its name, shelling beans or walking back from the woods with a basket of wild mushrooms, nettles or herbs to be used for the day’s cooking. The Ristorante da Delfina can be counted among Florence’s treasures and is a must-see, must-visit, must-eat culinary paradise. Just outside the medieval walled village of Artimino, Da Delfina is located on the Via della Chiesa and is just 15 minutes by train from Florence and Signa. Da Delfina gives you the essence of traditional Tuscan cuisine. Tasty and delicious, the pasta is home-made, the fantastic sausages at the restaurant are a local delicacy and the meat and fish are home-cured and grilled over the giant wood fireplace in the kitchen.

Delightful al fresco dining experiences can be enjoyed on the terrace with panoramic views of the countryside. As you revel in the beauty of the green hills while sitting under the arbor, you can witness a true family owned venture with Delfina’s son Carlo Cioni, his wife, Franca, and their son, Marco, catering to the guests and dishing up awesome Tuscan delicacies with marvelous service and courtesy. Before you can absorb the wild countryside and its wonders, you will be served a succulent dish of fresh fennel salami. As the palate drifts into a dream-like state, mild pecorino sheep’s milk cheese with tender fava beans follows to give you a taste of paradise. Da Delfina chooses the best to give you a true Tuscan experience with tongue in sweet sauce and zucchini salad with pine nuts. Typical Italian recipes are concocted out of thin air and the Ribollita gives you the essence of nourishment. Touching up a perfect repertoire, the Risotto with Garden Vegetables gives the season’s best and the freshest.

Unusual and lovely, Da Delfina gives you a rare taste of Nature with the Pasticcio, a rich concoction with nettles or ortica, pasta, herbs and béchamel sauce. The Primi or the first course comes with Pappardelle al pomodoro, farro soup, profume of artichokes and bacon and taglierini with wild asparagus. A popular dish of Tuscany is served as the Secondi with Frito misto that is roast goat and lamb cutlets. An all-time favorite at Da Delfina’s, is a fantastic dish of delicious pork cubes with fennel, cooked on the spit over the wood fire in the Da Delfina kitchen. Another show stealer is the mashed potatoes that are mashed and browned with olive oil, being crisp on the outside and soft, creamy and tender on the inside.

Right next to the lovely big Medici hunting lodge, Da Delfina is a modern red brick building with picture windows and a huge terrace overlooking olive groves, where it is safe and perfect for children to play in. The restaurant has a big glassed-in kitchen from where you can se ladies in white hats working away on delicacies in a stainless-steel kitchen. Da Delfina offers you a journey into the wild forests and woodlands with a variety of awesome dishes like pasta with a nettle sauce, salads from the wild flowers that grow around the restaurant in June and July, and artichokes marinated in olive oil, wine and herbs. Giving you a replete and satisfying experience, Da Delfina has a never-ending wine list with international and national wines including a 1998 vintage Tuscan Carmignano from the House of Ambra, a unique red wine made with Chianti grapes tempered with a dash of Cabernet, and the Chianti Classico from Castello di Fonterutoli, of the 1997 vintage. Serving up taste with aesthetics, Da Delfina has an amazing repertoire of cheese and a fascinating array of desserts. Every dish at Da Delfina’s is a work of art that is so typical of Tuscan talent.

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