Life on a Tuscan Farm

Making Jam

White plums grow in abundance around Spannocchia. The interns and farm workers often grab a couple to stave off the hunger until lunch time. There’s nothing sweeter than a plum picked from the tree, eaten on the spot. But the plums won’t last forever, so it has become time to make the jam. In a way, the jam becomes the summer’s gift to the fall, winter, and spring.

Making the Sauce

Another little gift that summer likes to pass along to the other seasons is the homegrown tomato sauce. Here Carmen, Spannocchia’s Garden Manager, and her two summer interns prepare the Salsa di Pomodoro. Skin the tomatoes, remove the seeds, add some basil leaves…Summer in a jar. A Presto!