Bistecca alla Fiorentina

[Dewesq55]

That's s beautiful steak. I ate bistecca alla Fiorintina on my 49th birthday in Florence. It was awesome. The grazed Tuscan beef is special. But it still wasn't Peter Luger's! 😯

[Huskee]

Suddenly I am in the mood for steak, not sure I have enough time to get some and dry brine them now though, it's 3:15 my time....

[Ahumadora]

Setting the standard as always Troutman Now it's made me hungry and am going to have to buy some steak...

[Dr. Pepper]

About twenty years ago we participated in a student exchange with some boys from Florence. After our daughter's turn with the Italian family, we had the opportunity to travel & meet his family (his parents, and his uncle and aunt and cousin.) They took us all out to a steakhouse in the hills outside Firenze, owned by a father and his son. The son wore a white t-shirt, and looked like Sonny from the Godfather. We were 3 adult couples and 6 teenagers, and they ordered 3 bisteccas alla Fiorintina. After we had all gorged ourselves on the delicious rare meat, I stared at the three platters bearing the three incompletely stripped bones. It was killing me.

Finally I asked: 'Do you ever chew on the bones?' With a great show of relief, they admitted that 'Yes, it's our favorite part of the meal!' They had been 'polite' for their American guests.

Well, the three dads present were gifted the bones, and we went at it! Great memories.

[Troutman]

Great story !! Funny how memories of great meals are always the most vivid !!!

[Ahumadora]

Told you, I was gonna buy me some steak.. Troutman you owe me $3.75 for the steak I had to buy after looking at your bbq porn. Not anywhere near as good as your's, but will suffice for now.

[Troutman]

$3.75? Are you kidding me? I must have paid $50USD for my "food porn". Oh well, man gotta do.....

[Phil Averbuck]

Madre de Dios, that is a monumental steak, and the artist did it such justice!! All hail!!
Recently got a beautiful grass-fed porterhouse from Porter Road (not as massive as this one, tho!), did it old-school Fiorentina style, and I gotta say it came ot wonderfully tender and flavorful...Love to set it on the flat bone-edge to "cook up into it!"

[Santamarina]

Gorgeous. I can almost smell and taste it through my phone.

[Texas Larry]

And another AMEN!! Beautiful. Thanks for sharing this.