Ginestrata

In the spring in Tuscany the perfume of wild broom, ginestra, is overpowering and the roads are lined with huge bushes covered in the brilliant yellow blossoms. These flowers give their name to a famous Tuscan soup that was once endowed with miraculous powers. It could supposedly increase potency, cure disease and improve the powers of the brain (essential after too much Chianti the night before). Although it was & is a recipe particularly associated with the Chianti region where the gi