Truffle all year round

In the cold winter soil grows a mushroom with a pungent flavor; it is the Bianchetto Truffle, known as the Marzuolo.

In San Miniato, this product of the earth has been traditionally celebrated in Cigoli for 23 years with the Marzuolo Truffle Market Exhibition, organized by the Giuseppe Gori Association in the ARCI circle (March 18 and 19), to which a new event will be added in the village of Corazzano (March 11 and 12).

The Marzuolo Season will be inaugurated on Sunday, March 5, in San Miniato at the traditional Antiques Market on the first Sunday of the month, along with local products from the Mercatale. The event will be held in the Loggias of the Church of San Domenico. The ancient Via Angelica and the Conservatory of Santa Chiara will be open for the occasion, and there will be guided tours in the form of treasure hunts for children.

It will be an opportunity to learn about the organoleptic properties of this mushroom, in an educational experience of sensory analysis to learn its qualities and properties, thanks to the truffle hunters. 

There will also be a space for a demonstration of truffle hunting and training of dogs, the real protagonists of this practice, able to identify the precise spot where to dig these underground riches, from 2021 UNESCO Intangible Heritage. 

Finally, there will be an opportunity to observe the use of truffles in recipes, presented in the menus of San Miniato restaurants.

The program

• 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  Loggias of San Domenico
  Market of the Marzuolo Truffle and typical local products of San Miniato
  Historic Center
  Antiques and small crafts market
• 11 a.m.
  MuMe Museum of Memory
  Sensory analysis of the Marzuolo Truffle
  by the Truffle Association, in collaboration with Slow Food San Miniato
• 12:30 to 3 p.m.
  Lower loggias of San Domenico
  Osteria of the Marzuolo Truffle
  organized by Slow Food San Miniato and Earth Market
• 2:30 p.m.
  Historic Center
  Treasure Hunt
  organized by Discover San Miniato
• 3:30 p.m.
  Vicolo Carbonaio
  Truffle hunting and extraction demonstration
  with the dogs of the Associazione Tartufai delle Colline Sanminiatesi
• Lower loggias of San Domenico
  Cooking Show
  4 p.m. - Agriturismo La Marrucola (San Miniato)
  5 p.m. - Pisan Cooks Association
  6:30 p.m. - Closing aperitif

During the event, the Via Angelica, the Conservatory of Santa Chiara, the Civic Museums of San Miniato, and the Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art will be open for visits.