After spending the morning in Forte dei Marmi, we returned to Il Bottaccio to enjoy a delicious lunch. It's a cool and rainy day here in Italy. Having a big bowl of ribollita was exactly what I needed to warm and fill me up. La ribollita is a thick bean soup made made in Tuscany. It can also be made with bread. People here make all sorts of variations. Some have more vegetables than others, but it is typically always served with bread (either in it or on the side). The soup we had today was made with a base that comes from pureed vegetables we strain out of the vegetable stock. Then a mixture of cream, cheeses, and seasonings were all tossed in. To make it a true Ribollita, a can of cannellini beans was thrown in as well. We mopped up every bite with some of the freshly baked walnut bread. Even though the weather is gross, the food is still spectacular.
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