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Bistecca alla Fiorentina

Bistecca alla Fiorentina: what it is and where to eat it

A large, thick-cut T-bone steak from Chianina cattle, traditionally grilled over charcoal.

26 restaurants on Tastavo serve it

Cuisine
Italian (Tuscan)

Typical ingredients

  • beef
  • olive oil
  • salt

History of the dish

Italy

Bistecca alla fiorentina
© mike packard · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Origin
Italy
Named after
Florence
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Bistecca alla fiorentina (lit. 'beefsteak Florentine style') is an Italian steak dish made of young steer (vitellone) or heifer (scottona) that is one of the most famous dishes in Tuscan cuisine. It is a thick T-bone steak on the bone cooked on a grill, usually until rare (50 °C).

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Bistecca alla fiorentina” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikipedia

Where to eat it

Florence · Prices in Florence

London

Innsbruck

Wrocław

Vienna

Kraków

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