T-bone steak festival

Originale name: Sagra della Bistecca

Place: Sestino Municipality, in Arezzo province.

First year of the festival: 1993

Period: end of June

2023 scheduled on: Friday 23, Saturday 24, Sunday 25 June

Opening times: Friday only dinner, Saturday and Sunday lunch and dinner

Local Specialties:

  • Appetizers: piatto rustico (con prosciutto, pecorino e bruschetta), mixed appetizers (with ham, sheep cheese and bread with tomato and garlic); piadina con prosciutto o salsiccia, traditional Romagna bread with ham or sausage;
  • First courses: tagliatelle al ragù di Chianina, tagliatelle pasta with Chianina veal meat sauce; tagliatelle ai prugnoli, tagliatelle pasta with St. George's Mushrooms;
  • Second courses: bistecca alla brace, grilled T-bone steak; spezzatino di Chianina, Chianina stew; salsiccia di maiale, pork sausage;
  • Side dishes: fagioli all'uccelletto, beans in tomato sauce.

We are at the border between Tuscany and Romagna and that's why we find here the "piadina", a very famous local specialty, symbol of the beautiful Romagna region. Tagliatelle pasta is from Emilia Romagna region too and both sauces in the menu are highly advisable, Chianina sauce or Prugnolo mushroom sauce.

The T-bone steak is grilled as traditionally made in Tuscany, seasoned simply with salt, pepper and olive oil - you probably won't miss it. Beans in tomato sauce (fagioli all'uccelletto) are another favorite of Tuscan sagras and a popular, ancient dish. Chianina stew add another great recipe to this delicious menu.

Chianina is the most famous Tuscan breed of cattle; huge, heavy and very appreciated, its name comes from the Val di Chiana valley, near Arezzo. Traditionally, the bistecca alla fiorentina, maybe the most famous Florentine dish, was made with a big T-bone cut, cooked raw. In Sestino there are many Chianina cow farms, and that's why we have such a festival here, in the middle of the Apennines mountains.

Ballroom and dance music has a great place in the festival, because geographically Sestino is inside Romagna, and Romagna as you maybe know, it's the Italian capital of ballroom music. Concerts will be held every evening.

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