Letters from Tuscany

Letters from Tuscany

Porchetta - A beloved street food

I miss the casualness of street food, when you could stop by a food truck and have a porchetta panino. So I'm sharing my recipe to make your own porchetta, should you miss it too.

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Giulia Scarpaleggia
Mar 26, 2021
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Food and a busy kitchen have always been my safe harbour.

Once I was invited to help some friends during a beer festival, organised to support the local charity in Castellina in Chianti. It was summer, the music played by a local band was blaring, and I hardly knew anyone.

I grabbed the biggest serrated knife and reclaimed the porchetta station.

I sliced t…

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