Like any other Italian region, if you ever have the chance to visit this fantastic region, you cannot miss trying some of the most famous Italian food you can find around. Let’s see some of them together:
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Canestrelli
Widespread in different areas of Italy, canestrelli are made with flour, sugar, butter, egg yolks and powdered sugar.
Farinata
A very low savoury pancake – created by mixing chickpea flour, water, salt and extra virgin olive oil.
Focaccia Genovese
This is one of the most popular preparations of Liguria: a sort of lightly salty bread covered with a mixture of water and extra virgin olive oil. Locally, they have it with a cappuccino for breakfast.
Focaccia from Recco
This is absolutely one of the food you can’t miss when in Liguria. This very thin focaccia is filled with crescenza cheese and you will definitely fall in love with it.
Olive Taggiasche
One of the most renowned and appreciated varieties in the world. Excellent to serve as an aperitif,essential for decorating the classic tomato and mozzarella or to enrich roasts or the focaccia’s dough.
Pesto sauce
Of course, the most famous product of this region. This worldwide famous sauce is made with basil (a lot of it), Pecorino cheese, salt, pinenuts, Parmesan cheese, garlic and olive oil. The ideal combinations? Pasta – trofie and trenette in primis – lasagna, timbales, pies and minestrone.
Let’s find out how to make some of these delicious delicatessens that this fantastic coastal region has to offer.
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-FOCACCIA (ALLE CIPOLLE)-
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-250 g of flour 1 egg 15 g of yeast 1 glass of milk 2 large onions parsley 50 g of butter |
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HOW TO PREPARE IT
Dissolve the yeast in a little warm milk, add enough flour to make a small sandwich and let it rise for about 1 hour. On the work surface, place the flour in a heap, shell the egg in the centre, add the leavened bun and enough milk to obtain a soft dough. Make it into a ball and let it rest for an hour.
Meanwhile, in a pan, let the butter melt and season the finely chopped onions, add salt and sprinkle with a little chopped parsley.
Add them, except for a few spoons, to the dough, working it quickly with your hands, then spread it on the bottom of a buttered pan, sprinkle it with the remaining onions, cover it with aluminium foil and bake in the oven at 180 ° for half an hour. Remove and serve hot.
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-TROFIE AL PESTO-
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350 g of white flour pesto |
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HOW TO PREPARE IT
This is the basic recipe for making trofie which, when boiled, are generally seasoned with pesto.
Place the flour in a heap, add a pinch of salt and the water needed to obtain a rather firm dough.
Remove very small pieces from the dough and roll them into thin strips then make the Trofie shape by rolling it with your hand or with a butter knife.
They should be three or four centimetres thicker in the centre and thinner at the ends. Let them dry on a floured cloth. Boil the trofie in plenty of salted water to a boil. Finish the dish by mixing the pesto sauce with your handmade trofie.
You can enjoy pesto sauce also with our linguine rigate, they’ll help to hold the sauce beautifully!
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-MASCARPONE FRITTELLE
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450 g of mascarpone 200 g of raisins 150 g of starch 2 eggs 1 glass of milk 15 g of baking powder 200 g of powdered sugar 1 orange vegetable oil |
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HOW TO PREPARE IT
In a bowl of warm water, let the raisins soften for few minutes.
In another bowl, mix the starch with the milk, eggs, 150 grams of the powdered sugar, the squeezed orange juice. Squeeze the raisin to get all the water out and lightly floured them. Add them into the mixture with the mascarpone and the baking powder, previously dissolved in a glass of warm milk.
Mix all the ingredients carefully and let the mixture rest for 30 minutes.
In a pan, heat plenty of vegetable oil and fry the mixture in small spoonfuls. Drain the pancakes as soon as they take on a slightly golden color and dry them on kitchen paper.
Arrange them on a serving plate, sprinkle with the remaining icing sugar and serve.
Buon appetito!
