Regional cuisine

What to eat in Siena

10 typical dishes of Siena with cultural context, origin story and verified restaurants.

Regional cuisine

Roast Cinta Senese pork loin appears as a golden, fragrant roast with a lightly crisp crust that encloses rosy, juicy…

Sienese black crostini arrive at the table as small slices of toasted bread, dark and glossy from the chicken liver…

Small rustic bundles of pork liver wrapped in caul fat and scented with seeds or sprigs of wild fennel. As they cook…

Panforte di Siena appears as a low, compact cake, dark or light depending on the variety, dusted with powdered sugar.…

Pici with Cinta Senese ragu features long strands of thick, irregular pasta coated in a dark, fragrant sauce that…

Pici with aglione garlic are long, thick strands of hand-rolled fresh pasta, rough and irregular, perfect for catching…

A simple yet aromatic dish where pici – thick hand-rolled spaghetti – mingle with golden breadcrumbs toasted in a pan…

Ricciarelli di Siena are soft almond biscuits with an oval, slightly flattened shape, covered with a generous dusting…

Sienese scottiglia is a robust, fragrant stew in which different cuts of meat cook slowly in a rich sauce of tomato…

Sienese-style tripe arrives at the table steaming, immersed in a bright red tomato sauce fragrant with classic kitchen…

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