Fig festival

Original name: Sagra del Fico

Place: Bacchereto (hamlet), in municipality of Carmignano, in Prato province, Montalbano area

First year of the festival: 1977

Period: first half of September

2023 scheduled on: September, 4-5-6 and 9-10-11-12-13

Opening time: on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7:30 pm, on Saturday at 4:00 pm and at Sunday at 3:00 pm.

Local Specialties:

• Appetizers - crostini, mixed crostini; fichi con salumi vari, figs with cured meats; formaggi e marmellate, cheeses and jams.
• First courses - penne a pomarola, sugo di carne e arrabbiata, penne with Tuscan tomate sauce, meat sauce or arrabbiata sauce.
• Second courses - pollo, chicken; coniglio, rabbit; bistecca di vitello, veal steak, rosticciana, grilled pork ribs; salsicce, sausages; arista al forno, oven-roasted pork loin.
• Side dish - fagioli all'olio, Tuscan white beans dressed with olive oil; insalata, salad; patate fritte, French fries.
• Dessert - panna cotta; cheesecake; strudel, etc.

The typical dish of this sagra, as for the festival's poster, it's the figs with cured meats; we couldn't agree more, and we can suggest it to our readers, also because figs festivals are rather infrequent in Tuscany and then here in Bacchereto it's a good idea to take advantage to one of the most important Tuscan fig festival - if not the most important fig festival at all, in our region.

But the menu lists many other important and glorious dishes, such as an assortment of appetizers, from the Tuscan cold cuts to our crostini, the popular grilled meat, a classic ancient recipe, the arista, and a traditional side dish like the Tuscan white beans, the cannellini beans seasoned with olive oil.

And, we can not forget that we are in one of the most important wine areas in Tuscany, and the festival proudly displays the local wines.