The Cuisine at Borgo Finocchieto

Tuscan cooking at its best is simplicity. The menu at Finocchieto is always changing to ensure the freshest, highest quality local ingredients, mixing Tuscan classics with more international and creative choices. Wine pairings from our cellar take your meal to new levels of flavor. The owners chef hails from nearby Casciano di Murlo, where he first learned cooking in the traditional Tuscan way, from his mother – a respected cook in the area. Next, he moved to Lyon, France, where he learned nouvelle cuisine under one of the world’s most prominent chefs, Paul Bocuse, at his three-star l’Auberge du Pont de Collonges. The owners chef is thrilled to finish his career in his home province of Siena, at a kitchen of this caliber and with access to the best of seasonal produce and Tuscan meats. Here, his traditional Italian experience blends with his French training to please varied palates and dining requirements. His garden furnishes many of our vegetables and herbs, supplemented with produce from local markets. His consummate skill with breads and pastries makes breakfast an event at the Borgo, not to be missed.

Sample Menu

• Warm goat cheese custard and tomato salad
• Roasted local lamb and caponata
• Seasonal fruit tart


• Sweet pea and spring onion risotto
• Warm chicken breast salad,
• Spring mushroom and hazelnuts
• Mascarpone gelato and moscato peaches


• Zucchini carpaccio, fave beans, mint, pecorino dolce,
• Lemon scented olive oil
• Grilled quail, pancetta, figs, farro and balsamic
• Honey-panna cotta, raspberries and lime syrup

• Tuna tartar, lemon, ginger and chili
• Chilled golden zucchini soup and garden basil
• Baccalà (salt cod) livornese style
• Selection of house made sorbets

• Eggplant and roasted red pepper soup
• Striped bass, artichokes and local spring herbs
• Chocolate pudding

• Wild asparagus, local organic egg and parmesan
• Shrimp, calamari, Tuscan white beans and
• Roasted cherry tomatoes
• Steamed salmon, shaved fennel,
• Fava beans, lemon-fennel vinaigrette
• Passion fruit soufflé