It is a cut obtained from the final part of the loin considered even more prized because it is also partly made from the fillet. The higher thickness than the rib replies to the ancient Tuscan tradition from which the name rightly derives. Fiorentina does not exist without Chianina the great elegant and powerful meat breed is the secret of this Tuscan delicacy. A steak of at least 4 cm. of thickness and 800 gr. of weight will certainly be a real Florentine steak. - Another piece on which it does not pass is that of the form. It must be heart-shaped with not too thick layers of white fat around it and the spine at the center to draw the T on one side of the bone the fillet on the other side the sirloin.