Best season to travel to Florence

Wild Boar Hunting Season

Lean wild boar meat best tastes with a fine wine

Best time: September–late January

Wild Boar Hunting Season
Wild Boar Hunting Season

Wild boar meat is one of prime ingredients known in traditional Tuscan cuisine. The most famous dish is pappardelle cinghiale, pasta with wild boar meat. The lean game makes for a delicious sauce. Pappardelle cinghiale is advised to be ordered with wine. Wild boars hunting season spreads from September till late January. At the same time farmers gradually start raising boars as domestic animals.

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