Thu, Oct 2, 2014
Gino is in Tuscany, the land of glowing hills and beautiful towns that's best known as Italy's wine country, where famous wines like Chianti are produced. He visits the picturesque Siena, where the key culinary treat is a dessert, the spices-rich comfit fruit pastry 'panforte' (literally 'strong bread'). After learning about the main types of panforte, Gino makes his own variation featuring dark chocolate and orange zest. He presents it to the monks of a self-sufficient monastery, who let him taste the wines they make. He uses their favorite, full-bodied Tuscan red, for his final recipe - beef skewers marinated in the monks' wine with the three bean salad.