Bistecca alla fiorentina or Florence grilled steak is an Italian meat dish made of veal (‘vitellone’) or heifer (‘scottona’). It is one of the most popular and best known dishes of Tuscan cuisine. It is a high cut including the bone, to be cooked on the embers or on the grill, with a degree of “blood” cooking. The meat comes from cattle of the Chianina breed who graze in the Chiana Valley of Tuscany).

Bibliography

Ian Wisniewski., ‘Rich Pickings’, Wine Magazine,  Italy Supplement July 1995, p.86-91.