Both Tuscany and Liguria have deep claims to this recipe, as both regions are highly specialized Seppie in Zimino experts.  This lovely classic dish pairing sea and land is an unique flavor package, and packs in the vitamins and nutrients as well.  All in all, the full package dish.

In Zimino typically refers to recipes where main ingredients (usually seafood options like cuttlefish and squid) are slowly cooked, and stewed in a light tomato broth with green seasonal veggies like chard or spinach.  Better yet, tender baby spinach leaves.  

The long cooking times will allow the spinach or chard to lose its primarily earthy flavor, and absorb the flavorsome aromas from the seafood and tomato.  The name derives from the Arabic "samīn" which means fat, buttery, dense. In actual fat this is not a fat dish, rather it is creamy and very tasty. We'd strongly recommend tossing in a whole peperoncino if you like a little extra kick - the layers of flavors here are extreme, yet incredibly mellow and delicate.  An almost paradoxical recipe, it's totally unique and mirrors the full-bodied culinary approaches of Tuscany and Liguria.  Bring your family on a quick culinary spin of select Italian regions via their taste buds - see the world together from your dinner table!

BUON APPETITO!