Costoluto Fiorentino

Name: Costoluto Fiorentino
Brand: LE MARCHE
SKU: ITATOM500
Price: 9.50 GBP
Availability: InStock

£9.50

Net: 500g Dense and fleshy, low in seed and water

A traditional Florentine tomato, deeply ribbed and irregular, with dense flesh and a savoury, well-balanced flavour. Firm enough to hold its shape sliced, yet full-bodied enough to cook down into a serious sauce.

£9.50

Costoluto Fiorentino is one of the old Florentine tomatoes — deeply ribbed and lobed, flattened rather than round, each one a slightly different irregular shape. The name comes from costola, meaning rib, and that heavy fluting is the whole point: sliced across, the fruit falls into scalloped, almost flower-shaped sections. It is dense and fleshy inside, with relatively little seed and water for its size, and a flavour that is properly savoury — sweet, but with the acidity and depth that thinner modern tomatoes tend to lack.

That structure is what makes it so useful in the kitchen. Raw, the thick walls hold their shape in a salad and stand up to good oil and salt without collapsing. Cooked, they break down into a sauce with real body and concentration, which is why this tomato has been grown around Florence for sugo and passata for generations.

Origin: Italy

Storage: Keep at room temperature, out of direct sunlight. Do not refrigerate — cold flattens both flavour and texture.

Net: 500g

Best served at room temperature rather than fridge-cold. For a salad, slice across the fruit to show the ribbed cross-section, and dress simply with good olive oil and sea salt. For sauce, roughly chop and cook down slowly — the thick flesh reduces to a concentrated sugo without needing to be seeded or skinned first, though you can pass it through a mouli if you prefer it smooth.

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Description

Costoluto Fiorentino is one of the old Florentine tomatoes — deeply ribbed and lobed, flattened rather than round, each one a slightly different irregular shape. The name comes from costola, meaning rib, and that heavy fluting is the whole point: sliced across, the fruit falls into scalloped, almost flower-shaped sections. It is dense and fleshy inside, with relatively little seed and water for its size, and a flavour that is properly savoury — sweet, but with the acidity and depth that thinner modern tomatoes tend to lack.