Local Recipes in Lucca

The traditional Buccellato got the name from the Latin 'buccella' (bit): the ancient Romans called buccellatum a round bread, formed by a crown of rolls, known indeed as buccellae.

The chestnut tart is truly a poor man's dish originating in the Apennines region, where chestnuts were a basic food group for the local peasants.

Einkorn is the oldest kind of wheat known to mankind.