Christmas gift basket with 9 Tuscan specialties

The Tuscan Excellence Gift Basket is a Tuscan Christmas basket with 9 traditional products: aged cured meats, caciotta, pasta, sauces and crostini. The cured meats and caciotta are vacuum-packed, and everything arrives in a Salumeria Toscana gift box, ready to give or serve at the table for a complete Tuscan dinner, from appetizer to first course.

Why it’s different from the usual Christmas gift baskets

This isn’t an assortment of packaged products picked off a shelf: it’s a Tuscan menu. The cured meats, caciotta with fig mostarda and chicken liver crostini make an appetizer; bronze-die extruded pici with wild boar ragù make a first course; and guanciale and pancetta are perfect for carbonara, amatriciana and sauces for the days after the holidays.

Each producer in our artisan Tuscan selection is personally taste-tested before being added to the catalog. The basket includes Bontà Toscane Finocchiona PGI and bronze-die extruded pici by Fabianelli. The cured meats are vacuum-packed, so the basket travels well, even over long distances.

What’s in the basket

Technical specifications

How to serve it: a Tuscan dinner in a gift basket

Appetizer

Thinly slice Finocchiona PGI and soppressata, serve the caciotta in wedges with a teaspoon of fig mostarda, and prepare the crostini: warm the chicken liver pâté and spread it on toasted Tuscan bread.

First course

Cook the pici in plenty of salted water according to the package instructions, then toss them in a pan with the warmed wild boar ragù and a ladleful of cooking water.

After the holidays

Guanciale is the base of carbonara, amatriciana and gricia; Tuscan pancetta adds flavor to soffritto, legumes and meat sauces.

Pairings

A well-structured Tuscan red, such as Chianti Classico or Morellino di Scansano, pairs well with cured meats, crostini and pici with wild boar ragù: find our selection in the Tuscan wine shop. A smooth Tuscan white also works well with the caciotta and fig mostarda.

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