gorgeous. now you see why they call it caviar. eggplant caviar. what is that? tarragon? the secret ingredient. a little touch of humanity in there, yes. if you happen to have a bruschetta oddly enough, we do. more salt. more salt? would you mind helping me? of course, yes. so eat, eat, eat, mangia, mangia, mangia. wait, i need a 40. umbria s answer to fine dining. this is incredible. the twins and this farm. buon appetito. buon appetito. really encapsulate italy s green heart and its strong independent culture, embracing the past and the future, always on its own terms.
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frescos inside that tell the legend of saint francis. and to help me, quietly, navigate the story today is local historian matteo grande. probably the most iconic one and most famous. he had a connection with nature. probably he was the first environmentalist in the history of the church. i remember the first time i came here, i was 12, but we didn t have this opportunity to have it just to ourselves. i mean just for us. that s incredible. i feel very lucky. legend has it that st. francis renounced his privileged life to instead walk penniless among the poor folk of rural umbria. he worked for all of god s creatures and where better to do that than in the heart of italy? is he like the quintessential saint of umbria? yes. umbria is really connected to
right in the middle of the country. bordered on the west by its more glamorous neighbor tuscany, it s often overlooked. but while the landscape here is similar, the culture is very different. less fancy, if you will. and i hear the locals like it that way. they re like flames, aren t they? i m heading deep into the heart of sagrantino territory, umbria s luscious wrld-renowned red wine, to meet a man who fell in love with this rustic region over 25 years ago. we re going to meet big george, an italian known as giorgione. he s a chef and restaurateur who lives on a secluded farm outside of montefalco with an assortment animals including the porousine pride of umbria. good morning.
the other way around. the piglet goes into this giant wood-fired oven for 2 1/2 hours. [ speaking foreign language ] the beauty of slow cooking in a sealed oven is once that door is shut there s not really much more you can do but sit back and wait. okay. del umbria. cheers. [ speaking foreign language ] cheers. as the lovely sagrantino opens up, so does my new friend. [ speaking foreign language ]