Tuscan porterhouse

noun

The traditional signature steak dish from Florence, Tuscany, Italy, consisting of a large thick-cut porterhouse or T-bone steak grilled to rare and seasoned with lemon.

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Florentine beefsteakFlorentine steak
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Meanings

nounTuscan porterhouse (plural Tuscan porterhouses)

plural Tuscan porterhouses

  1. cookingThe traditional signature steak dish from Florence, Tuscany, Italy, consisting of a large thick-cut porterhouse or T-bone steak grilled to rare and seasoned with lemon.

    Synonyms: Florentine beefsteak, Florentine steak

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe traditional signature steak dish from Florence, Tuscany, Italy, consisting of a large thick-cut porterhouse or T-bone steak grilled to rare and seasoned with lemon.

Similar
Florentine beefsteakFlorentine steak
Also see
florentine beefsteakflorentine steak

Origin

From Tuscan + porterhouse, from being a beefsteak dish originating from the Tuscan city of Florence in Italy based on the porterhouse cut.

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Translations

Italian bistecca alla fiorentina
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