Il Pievano

In the charming, romantic atmosphere of a thousand-year-old monastery, whether you dine inside in the papal hall or at tables set in the charming courtyard, you will be in the reassuring hands of the talented chef. Three tasting menus for Tuscan cuisine with quality products and more contemporary reinterpretations. Also worth trying are the wines from the castle's wine cellar made from grapes grown on the estate.

• Located inside Castello di Spaltenna in Gaiole in Chianti.
• One-star Michelin restaurant with a modern, country-cooking profile.
• Led by Antonio Iacoviello.
• Three tasting menus use literary-style names, Mrs Jekyll, Dr Jekyll, and Mr Hyde.

Signature Ingredients

• Chianina beef
• Mediterranean red prawns
• Calvisius caviar
• Tuscan pigeon
• Verna flour pasta
• Noalya Tuscan milk chocolate
• Chianti-grown produce and seasonal vegetables
• Olive-coal cooking and local Tuscan dairy elements

Tasting Menus

• Mrs Jekyll
• Dr Jekyll
• Mr Hyde
• Vegetarian and gluten-intolerant variations are shown on the menu PDF

Signature Dishes

• Meditteraneo: Mediterranean red prawns, fermented lemon, Calvisius caviar, urfa biber
• Spanakoriso: Carnaroli rice, spinach, lemon, katiki, dill
• Morone: Morone di fondale, trahana with ouzo and anice, courgette variation
• La panzanella Toscana che parla Greco: tomato salad, cucumber soup, roasted Tuscan bread dumplings, feta cheese, Kalamata olive
• ReGallo: bottoni pasta with Verna flour, Tuscan chicken pastitsada, braised cockscombs, vin santo, lovage
• Piccione Viaggiatore, 1496km: Tuscan pigeon cooked over olive coal, pigeon anchovie, patzarosalata, petimezi