X-Nico

3 unusual facts about Cecina


A.S.D. Cecina

Associazione Sportiva Dilettante Cecina is an Italian association football club located in Cecina, Tuscany.

Cecina

Farinata, a.k.a. "Cecina", a Tuscan culinary specialty made of chickpea flour

Massimo Bartolini

Massimo Bartolini (born 1962 in Cecina) is an Italian artist.


Farinata

Elsewhere in Italy (traditionally in Tuscany, where it is called cecina (from the Italian word for chickpea, ceci), it is served stuffed into small focaccia (mainly in Pisa) or between two slices of bread, as it is traditional in Livorno.

On the Tuscan coast, south of Liguria, especially in the province of Pisa, Livorno, Lucca, Massa Carrara cecina or, in Livorno, Torta (di ceci) (Chickpea pie) is baked (with no rosemary used for toppings).


see also