{"id":16860,"date":"2021-02-26T14:48:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T14:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.villa-lena.it\/?p=16860"},"modified":"2025-06-27T18:09:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:09:17","slug":"havest-feasting-at-villa-lena-olivia-cavalli-williamson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villa-lena.it\/it\/havest-feasting-at-villa-lena-olivia-cavalli-williamson\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvest Feasting at Villa Lena – Olivia Cavalli Williamson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olivia Cavalli Williamson reflects on the seasonal menu she put together with Emiko Davies<\/a>\u00a0 for a special Harvest Feasting event held at Villa Lena last year.<\/em><\/p>\n

Back in October \u2013 in what now feels like years ago \u2013 we put on a special evening
\nat Villa Lena, just in the nick of time. As the last sunny days closed in and we
\nsensed the brief relaxation of rules would soon be over, the desire to go ahead
\nwith the evening felt all-the-more pressing; one last chance to gather, sit and eat
\ntogether for who knows how long.<\/p>\n

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The night began with music. Guests were seated in the Rain and Light Pavilion, in the warm glow of candlelight and treated to beautiful, unplugged performances by\u00a0 Henry Grace<\/a> and Mercury Prize winner Benjamin Clementine.<\/a> For both guests and performers, this was a unique occasion as it was, most likely, the first live music they\u2019d enjoyed all year. And then the feast began\u2026<\/p>\n

Food writer, Emiko Davies<\/a>, and I teamed up in designing the menu with the changing seasons and Tuscan landscape in mind.<\/p>\n

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To start: local Pecorino, pear and walnut crostini, grilled until just melting and finished with Villa Lena honey \u2013 gone in a flash and washed down with a a Villa Lena spritz cocktail.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Primi were bowls of porcini and farro soup, earthy and comforting and crowned with shavings of truffle. Next up: sausages from Sergio Falaschi \u2013 a friend of Emiko\u2019s and a fourth generation butcher based in nearby San Miniato. We roasted them with grapes and served them with fennel gratin, balsamic radicchio and hunks of focaccia to mop up the juices. The joy on Igor the truffle dog’s face when he spotted the leftovers!<\/p>\n

\"\"To end, we sliced up walnut and polenta cake, dolloped with mascarpone and
\ndeep purple roasted plums. The meal, of course, wouldn\u2019t have been complete
\nwithout the wine, which was carefully selected by sommelier and Marco Lami, Emiko\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n

During such a precarious time, it felt so good for people to get together and enjoy those things that we hadn\u2019t for a such a long time \u2013 eating out, meeting new people and being entertained.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There was a sense of appreciation in the air, aswell as a feeling that it might be the last time for a while, which, of course turned out to be true. But it will come again and let\u2019s hope that\u2019s soon \u2013 alla prossima!<\/p>\n

–Olivia Cavalli Williamson<\/a> is a freelance chef, food stylist and writer. She was Chef in residence at Villa Lena August – October in 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n

All photos by Martino di Napoli Rampolla & Guglielmo Profeti<\/em><\/p>\n

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