Laura & Filippo www.ancoradelchianti.it
Dear Friends
we wish you a Happy Holidays Season
and await for you with pleasure from Spring 2018!
Filippo & Laura
Happy Holiday Season!
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Photo & Video Contest 2015
Colle Val D’Elsa, Tuscany. Photo by Alexandre (F), Photo Contest Winner 2014
Ancora del Chianti B&B is proud to launch
the NEW CONTEST for 2015
for PHOTOS and VIDEOS
Will YOU be the next winner? …why not!
It’s easy: come for a visit and follow the instructions!
Regulation for 2015:
Submitted photos and videos must recreate/explain the “Perfect Moment” of your holiday in Tuscany during your stay at Ancora del Chianti or your moment of fun. We offer 2 complementary nights at our B&B to the winner, valid within season 2016. Entry is free and all levels of expertise are welcome. We only require a formal releasing that by entering the competition you agree to allow us to use the photos on our blog, FB page and website and in promotional or commercial material of any kind with full name and full address. Photos must be sent in JPG format to info@ancoradelchianti.it and as the videos, must arrive within Nov 8 2015 with the formal releasing.
GOOD LUCK!
Regolamento 2015:
Le foto e i video inviati devono rappresentare/descrivere il “Momento Perfetto” durante le vostre vacanze in Toscana all’Ancora del Chianti o un momento divertente. Al vincitore offriamo 2 notti gratuite presso il bed and breakfast entro il 2016. La partecipazione è gratuita e aperta a tutti previa liberatoria formale nella quale si autorizza alla eventuale pubblicazione sui nostri siti e all’eventuale utilizzo delle foto per fini promozionali e/o commerciali con il nome completo, indirizzo e telefono. Foto da inviare in formato JPG a info@ancoradelchianti.it e i video sono da inviare entro il 8 Novembre 2015 insieme alla liberatoria .
BUONA FORTUNA!
See here all the Entries to previous editions
Ancora del Chianti’s Photo Contest Winner 2014
Tuscan Harmony by Alexandre (F)
The Winner of Photo Contest 2014 is…
…Mr. Alexandre from France, with:
“TUSCAN HARMONY: breathe and let your soul fly”
Our congratulations to Alexandre,
who wins 2 complementary nights at Ancora del Chianti B&B in 2015.
Thank you Alexandre for this dynamic and still peaceful atmosphere.
I can’t take my eyes out of every little detail of the landscape
yet amazed by the sense of harmony and unity of the general composition.
We hope everybody can feel it soon, seeing that by real,
during their stay at Ancora del Chianti B&B!
Our Special Thanks also to the other partecipants
for their kind contributions on Ancora del Chianti B&B and Tuscany Visit.
Have a look to all the entries on our Flickr Page.
Have Fun!
Christmas Greetings from Tuscany
Xmas Cookies from Ancora del Chianti – Tuscany B&B
Winter time is a busy moment at Ancora del Chianti B&B
for our young pastry chefs Spartaco and Cesare.
Here they want to share their recipe for Christmas Cookies 2014,
WITH ALL GOOD WISHES FOR
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
Spartaco Cesare the patissiers
Laura Filippo, the official tasters : )
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RECIPE for 2014 CHRISTMAS COOKIES by Spartaco and Cesare
Xmas Cookies 2014 Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
200g Brown Sugar
180g Butter
Salt – a pinch
2 Eggs
500g Flour – sifted
Vainilla Extract
1 teaspoon Soda
100g Chocolate chips
PREPARATION:
Heat the butter and mix the ingredients following blocks and order kneading.
Xmas Cookies 2014 moulding
Prepare 3 rolls and make it rest in the fridge for 30 min.
Remove the dough from the fridge, knead it until easy to handle and make it flat. Then roll it out with a rolling pin.
Christmas cookies ready for the oven
Now….. take your favourite Xmas moulds and..have fun!
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Prepare a oven tray with baking paper.
Ready for the oven!
Bake the cookies for 11-12 minutes, until light hazelnut coloured.
Resting on a wire trivet
Make them rest and cool down on a wire trivet.
PACKAGING
Lovely and simple packaging for a gift, giveaway or placeholder on YOUR Christmas Table as in our case, the biscuits will not last for so long, I believe… : )
Original Christmas Placeholder and Giveaways
See all Pictures on our Flickr Page
See you at Ancora del Chianti B&B from March 2015!
Relaxing Afternoon admiring Tuscan hills at Ancora del Chianti
Laura and Filippo are waiting for you with pleasure starting from March 2015!
We thank all our guests and friends for sharing their holidays with us this year.
Meet them on our FB page and read here their reports.
We wish you all a colourful autumn and hope to welcome you (again) next year!
ARRIVEDERCI A TUTTI!