I love meat. Like any good Midwestern gal I was raised a carnivore. And since my dear husband has gone vegetarian I'm now eating less and less meat. So when I found that Florentines love meat as much as I do I was thrilled. They don't just love meat, they have a particular version of steak that is legendary. Bistecca alla Fiorentina is basically a giant piece of steak, slightly cured and then grilled (basically just warmed on either side) and beautifully presented with salt, pepper and olive oil. I am going to eat this while we are there and I'm not sharing.
Here is an article that explains more about this particular cut of meat and how it is prepared. http://www.theflorentine.net/food-wine/2016/06/exactly-bistecca-alla-fiorentina/ And God bless the Italians as they somehow found a way to make a peice of beef sound sexy. This is about the cut of meat: "The steak is cut from the loin, just below the rib cage and above the round or rump." And then this is about how they measure the size of the cut, "in Florence we like to measure our steaks in terms of fingers, and a good steak should be between 3 and 4 fingers high." If that doesn't sound sexy to you then maybe I'm just desperate for a good piece of meat.
Here are some recomendations of places in Florence where we can find this beautiful, delicious Bistecca alla Fiorentina:
Alla Vecchia Bettola (via Vasco Pratolini 3)
L'Osteria di Giovanni (via del Moro 22)
Trattoria Sostanza (via del Porcellana 25R)
Buca Lapi (via del Trebbio 1R)
I' Brindellone (piazza Piattellina, 10)
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