Florence is a city in central Italy, located in the basin of the western foothills of the middle of the Apennine Mountains, as early as the 15th and 16th centuries, Florence was the most famous art center in Europe, it is famous for arts and crafts and textiles.

As the birthplace of the European Renaissance movement, Florence is also a world-famous cultural tourist destination, having served as the temporary capital of the Kingdom of Italy after its unification.

This historic cultural city, the birthplace of both the Italian Renaissance and the birthplace of European culture, is located in Florence on a flat river in the Arno Valley, surrounded by hills.

Legend has it that Florence was first founded during the reign of Caesar in the Roman Republic, and in 59 BC Florence became a Roman colony. Later, it was ruled by the Lombards, and in the 13th century, it rose to prominence due to the rapid development of the wool and textile industries, and became an important city in Italy at that time. At that time, the political power in Florence was controlled by the guilds, and in 1282 the republic was established, and the power of the state was transferred to the most powerful nobles.

The hosta flower in Florence was guarded by the lion of the Medici family, a local tycoon, for three hundred years, and the Medici family crest has become the city emblem of Florence today.

Although the Medici no longer held control of Florence, the three-century-long history of Florence is inextricably linked to the rise and fall of the Medici, who still wield much of the country's de facto political and economic power.

Under the protection of the Medici family, Florence was at its most glorious. The Renaissance.

The Medici family loved art, and under its protection and patronage, there were many famous people who accumulated in Florence at that time, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Dante, Galileo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello, Giotto, Modigliani, Titian, Boccaccio, Petrac, Vasari, Machiavelli, etc., and it was with many outstanding artists who created a large number of architecture, sculptures and paintings that shined with the light of the Renaissance era, Florence became the top priority of the Renaissance. It became the center of European art, culture and thought.

Glassware, ceramics, high-end clothing, leather-based industries have driven the development of Florence's tourism industry, and gold and silver processing, art reproductions and other handicrafts are also very famous, the Florence International Contemporary Art Biennale, and the Venice Biennale, Milan Triennale and known as the three major Italian art exhibitions.

Pasta is almost the face of Italian cuisine. According to statistics. There are 400 different types of pasta alone. The colors are also colorful red, yellow, black, white and green, and there are countless sauces. Not only does each region have its own unique tastes, but each family also has its own recipe. The Italians make full and bold use of all the raw materials that nature has given them, and they give full play to their genius imagination. The plate has reached the pinnacle.

In Florence though. More popular pasta. Apparently macaroni.

Macaroni is actually a type of noodle and has a long history as an international noodle product. As early as the 7th century BC, the Etruscans, who lived in northern Italy, began making noodles. In the year 1000 AD, a recipe for macaroni was already available in Sicily. In 1740, the first macaroni factory was built in Venice. Macaroni has been continuously improved and developed over thousands of years of evolution.

Macaroni is a famous pasta dish in Western countries, there are solid and hollow noodles, but they are all called macaroni, and the international term is called macaroni, which is a kind of flour products made from wheat flour.

Legend has it that in the 18th century, a noodle and pasta shop near the city of Naples was called Marca? Ronnie. One day, Ronnie's youngest daughter was playing with the dough sheets rolled into hollow strips and hung on a clothesline. Ronnie's hollow noodles are cooked and tossed with tomato sauce, which is a hit with customers. After that, Ronnie built the world's first macaroni processing plant and named it after himself. As a result, this "macaroni" pasta gradually spread to Europe and many parts of the world. Today, macaroni has become a household name along with pizza and pasta.

Macaroni juice can be left in hollow macaroni and is less likely to dry out. The method of making it is also very particular.

Boil water, put the macaroni into the pot, add cold water several times after boiling, until the macaroni is boiled thoroughly, remove the drained water, put an appropriate amount of salt and mix it for later use. Boil another piece of water, add the peas, and soon after boiling, remove the drained water and cover it with the boiled macaroni. Prepare a little beef slices, stir-fry in a pan for a few seconds and serve. Put a small amount of oil in a pan, pour in the macaroni, add water, salt, a pinch of sugar, a moderate amount of butter and tomato paste.

When cooking, adding water is a very important step, it should be about two-thirds of the macaroni, and when the juice gradually enters the hole of the macaroni, it takes 20 to 30 minutes to stir-fry, then put in the beef, add monosodium glutamate, stir-fry for a little time, half a pound of meat filling is mixed with cooking wine, soy sauce, salt, add chopped green onions and minced ginger.

Heat the pot, put some oil, stir-fry the meat filling, after the color is cooked, pour in the tomato paste, stir-fry, burn until the ketchup is dark red, the sauce is slightly thick, then you can get out of the pot, pour it on the macaroni, and mix well. Or put the meat sauce in a pot, and eat as much as you want according to your taste, and it will definitely be memorable after eating.

As with almost all pasta, the most critical factor in determining the quality of a noodle is the ingredients.

Macaroni has high requirements for raw materials, and must use the typical "Dulong wheat" grinding semolina flour with high protein content, which is called "sand noodles" from the special varieties of hard wheat, and the commonly used fineness is 250~350mm, containing about 14% protein, high wet gluten content, and strong gluten. Macaroni made from this raw material has a translucent light yellow color and has a good color.

In recent years, Italy and Switzerland have successfully researched the use of ordinary flour to make macaroni, mainly by increasing the drying temperature from 55 to 60 degrees to 70 to 75 degrees, and drying at high temperatures to improve the quality of the noodles. In addition, by mixing some yellow corn semolina flour with ordinary flour, translucent light yellow macaroni can also be made.

However, gastronomy does not seem to be the main theme of the city, and the city's proud capital is clearly the blossoming art treasures, with 40 museums and galleries, more than 60 palaces and many large and small churches in the city, and a large collection of excellent works of art and precious cultural relics, so it is also known as the "Athens of the West".

The Uffizi Gallery, the largest collection of Renaissance works in the world, is also one of the oldest galleries in the world, once the office of the Medici family, and where all the works of art of the Renaissance family gathered the wealth of the Medici family are located. The museum is divided into two and three floors. On the second floor is an exhibition room of drawings and prints by Leonard, Michelangelo and others. The third floor is the Art Gallery, with as many as 45 exhibition rooms between the three corridors.

The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy, is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Florence, consisting of a cathedral, a bell tower and a baptistery. The Baptistery, located a few meters west of the cathedral, is a white octagonal Romance building. The 85-metre-high tower is a Gothic building with six floors stacked upwards in the form of columns, and the exterior walls are paved with white marble, which is pure and elegant.

Giotto's bell tower, the masterpiece of Giotto, the father of European painting, is made of red, white and green marble, with many delicate sculptures, the whole shape is slender and elegant, and the color tone complements the baptistery opposite.

When it comes to Giotto's Bell Tower, perhaps the most coveted thing for Florentine locals is the tripe buns sold by a food stall that has existed since 1872.

Tripe is the most famous snack in Florence, where a chef takes a piece of beef out of a pot under the table, slices it into thin slices, and sandwiches it in a kind of bread with a hard shell and a loose inside, with red chili sauce and green Italian dressing to look like a hamburger.

There was a long queue of diners who bought tickets, and they had to queue up for another ten minutes in front of the tripe cutting stall after queuing up for this line, but everyone crowded in front of the stall table to eat, and there were four people sitting in a small row, but there was no complaint at all, and all you could see was the smile on the face because of the food, which not only reminded people of the frenzy of Hong Kong people going to drink morning tea, but also dined with neighbors or relatives and friends, and the atmosphere was very warm.

TRRIPA'S MODEST KITCHEN FACILITIES AND DINING ENVIRONMENT DON'T INTIMIDATE TOURISTS, BUT RATHER MAKE GOURMETS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FLOCK TO IT.

Animal offal is regarded as an unclean thing by some "particular" Westerners, and this phenomenon is especially serious in Germany, where animal offal is rarely seen for sale in German supermarkets, but the cuisine of every nation includes dishes made with animal offal, such as Scottish Hajess is also made with animal offal.

First take the palm-sized baked round bread, divide everything into two from the middle, remove most of the bread of the two-petal bread with your hands, so that there is a place to put the tripe, take out the cooked tripe from the large bucket used to cook the tripe, cut it into small pieces and fill in the hollow part, and then add some shredded beef, the rich flavor of the beef overflows at once, and the gravy penetrates into the chewy bread, not only will not wet the taste of the bread, but will add a fuller taste layer.

TRRIPA's beef is gluten-free, carefully selected and not shoddy because it is cheap, which is the fundamental reason why the brand is maintained, and it is also a special life if you can sit down and enjoy the delicious food with the locals. (To be continued......)