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Food shopping in Siena

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Weekly market

Siena's weekly market takes place every Wednesday morning from 8 am to 2 pm in the area around the Medici fortress and La lizza park. The market is focused on locals and not geared to tourists, and is one of Tuscany’s biggest markets.

On Friday mornings there is a small market at the same place as the Wednesday market. Farmers come from around Siena to sell their products here. You will find bread, olive oils, fruits, vegetables, cheese and other local products.

Consorzio Agrario

Quality local products can be found in the Consorzio Agrario at Via Giuseppe Pianigiani, 9. Founded in 1901, Siena's farmer's association reunites some of Tuscany's best producers and offers good quality at fair prices.

Consorzio Agrario Siena
Via Piangiani 5, Siena
www.capsi.it
Opening hours:
3:00 pm - 6:30 pm
8:30 am - 1:00 pm

Palazzo Pubblico and Torre del Mangia, view from Orto de'Pecci

Palazzo Pubblico and Torre del Mangia around Piazza Mercato, view from Orto de'Pecci

Some of the best food addresses in Siena [marked blue on the map]
Migliori Pasticcerie in Siena Siena is also famous for its cakes and biscuits, including the ubiquitous panforte, a dense and delicious cake of medioeval origin, with nuts, fruit and honey, the snow white cavallucci, with a spongy and dense texture with walnut, anise, and candied fruit flavours, copate, an extremely ancient, small, round Tuscan dessert, unique to the Siena region, and ricciarelli (rich almond biscuits).
Pasticceria Nannini Via Banchi di Sopra, 24, 53100 Siena www.grupponannini.it Nannini serves the finest cenci, panforte and ricciarelli in town. Its refrigerator is cooled by water carried from 16km away by the same 13th-century tunnels that fuel many of the city's fountains, including the Fonte Gaia in Piazza del Campo. Opening hours 7.30am-11pm The Group Villa dell’Ombrellino Srl has been managing for some years now Nannini’s Coffee Bars “Conca d’Oro”, “Nannini Toselli”, “Nannini Massetana” and “Bar Matteotti”. The partnership with the renowned brand and historic pastry maker “Nanini” is based on coffee roasting, marketing and preservation of typical Sienese products such as ricciarelli, panforte, panpepato, cantucci, cavallucci and more. La Nuova Pasticceria Via Duprè, 37, Siena (negozio) Bar Pasticceria La Nuova Pasticceria Piazza Maestri del Lavoro, 9 (Zona Toselli) (laboratorio e il bar pasticceria) www.lanuovapasticceria-siena.com Panetteria e Pasticceria Corsini Via Armando Diaz 4/14, 53100, Siena +39 0577 22188 Open 7.30am - 20.30 pm www.corsinibiscotti.com La storia della famiglia Corsini, iniziata nel 1921 nell’antico forno a legna di Corrado e Solidea Corsini in Casteldelpiano, tra i boschi e il verde del Monte Amiata, dominando dall’alto la Maremma Toscana. È possibile acquistare i classici prodotti da forno Corsini nei negozi di famiglia a Castel Del Piano, Santa Fiora e Grosseto, e presso il negozio di recente apertura a Siena, Via Armando Diaz. Si deve gustare la Focaccia dell'Amiata, la Stiacciata dell'Amiata all'anice o la Polendina, una torta alla farina di castagne.

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Ricciarelli from Siena, Tuscan almond cookies [2]
Cenci or Chiacchiere Italian cenci or chiacchiere are eaten at Carnival time. Their various regional names include: frappe (a name shared with similar treats) in Rome; sfrappole in Emilia Romagna; bugie in Genoa; and galani or crostoli in Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, especially in the Triestino capital, Trieste. Fritte and many other regional names exist. Regional variations in the recipe include sprinkling with orange zest or using anisette wine as the alcoholic base. They are best known as Chiacchiere but the name changes from region to region, and in Tuscany they remain the Cenci, crogetti or strufoli. Note ^ Ricetta delle chiacchiere su Giallo Zafferano ^ Sito dell'Ufficio del turismo della regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta Gino Brunetti (a cura di), Cucina mantovana di principi e di popolo. Testi antichi e ricette tradizionali, Mantova, 1981. Ricciarelli Ricciarelli are traditional Italian biscuit - specifically, a type of macaroon - originating in 14th century Siena. Legend holds that they were introduced by Ricciardetto della Gherardesca in his castle near Volterra upon his return from the Crusades.[citation needed] Today, the biscuits are made using an almond base[1] with sugar, honey and egg white. When prepared in the traditional method, the almonds are ground with a milling machine, and the finished mix is formed into numerous oval- or lozenge-shaped cookies[1] that are set aside for two days before baking. The rough and crackled surface is usually lightly sprinkled with confectioner's sugar. Ricciarelli are typically consumed at Christmas, served with a dessert wine such as Vin Santo or Moscadello di Montalcino. Esposito, Mary Ann (2007). Ciao Italia in Tuscany: Traditional Recipes from One of Italy's Most Famous Regions. St. Martin's Press, Macmillan, p. 169

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Antica Salumeria Salvini SS 73 Ponente, 46,53100 Siena SI,Italië www.anticasalumeriasalvini.com +39 0577 394399
Gino Cacino di Angelo Piazza Mercato, 31,53100 Siena Taglieri, Degustazioni, Crostini, Zuppette, Formaggi e Affettati ginocacinodiangelo.blogspot.it +39 0577 223076
Eating in Siena \| Some of the best Restaurants in Siena [marked red on the map]
Ristaurante pizzeria All'Orto de'Pecci
L’Orto de’ Pecci comprises an exellent restaurant and bar, All'Orto de'Pecci. It is our favorite restaurant in Siena. All'Orto de'Pecci Via Porta Giustizia, 39, 53100 Siena SI Telefono: 0577 222201 Informazione: Ristorante, eventi e attività: info@ortodepecci.it www.ortodepecci.it		All'Orto de'Pecci

All'Orto de' Pecci, terrace

Home to some of the world’s best art museums, Tuscany is an art lover’s nirvana.
From Podere Santa Pia you can choose many roads to reach the towns of southern Tuscany, and Siena is within an hour drive, but we suggest a panoramic tour of the valley’s in between, so that the trip becomes a unique experience among the colors and atmospheres of the Tuscan landscape.
Explore the medieval hillside villages on your way to Siena, marvel at settlements that date back to Etruscan times, and try some Pecorino cheese in Pienza, and some Brunello di Montalcino in the stately Renaissance village of Montalcino, where the refined beauty of the squares and churches blends perfectly with the ancient traditions of its wines.

Hidden secrets in Tuscany | Podere Santa Pia

Podere Santa Pia is situated in a hilly and unspoilt land, about one hour drive from Siena, surrounded by woods, olive groves and vineyards, where the Monte Amiata hills slope to the Maremma plain and the sea can be seen on the horizon..

[1] Fonte fotografica "Siena Palazzo-Pubblico-Campanile-JBU02" by Jörg Bittner (Unna) via Wikimedia Commons.
[2] Fonte fotografica: "Ricciarelli from Siena-2" by Ricciarelli_from_Siena.jpg: Shaw from Shanghai %u4E0A%u6D77, China derivative work: Saibo (Δ) - Ricciarelli_from_Siena.jpg. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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Angel wings

Ricciarelli

Cenci or Chiacchiere