# The best traditional Ligurian dishes

What to eat in Liguria according to Cookist, Buonissimo, Pagine Gialle and Olio Carli: pesto and focaccias first, then farinata, cappon magro and pandolce.

- 29 votes · 16 items
- Aug 30, 2023 · Federico Costa
- https://even.best/en/l/893/the-best-traditional-ligurian-dishes

## Top 15

1. **Trofie al pesto** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Ligurian pasta with PDO Genoese basil pesto.
2. **Focaccia di Recco** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — PGI paper-thin pastry filled with crescenza cheese.
3. **Focaccia genovese** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Crisp outside, soft inside and pleasantly oily.
4. **Farinata** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Thin chickpea-flour pancake baked in a wood oven.
5. **Pansoti with walnut sauce** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Wild-herb ravioli with walnut sauce.
6. **Cappon magro** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Baroque pyramid of fish and vegetables with green sauce.
7. **Cima alla genovese** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Stuffed, boiled veal breast served cold.
8. **Ligurian rabbit** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — With Taggiasca olives, pine nuts and white wine.
9. **Pandolce genovese** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Christmas cake with raisins, candied fruit and pine nuts.
10. **Torta pasqualina** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Savoury pie of chard, prescinsêua cheese and whole eggs.
11. **Trenette al pesto with potatoes and green beans** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The fullest version of pesto pasta.
12. **Stuffed anchovies** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ligurian Sea anchovies, stuffed and fried.
13. **Mesciua** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — La Spezia soup of chickpeas, beans and spelt.
14. **Sacripantina** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Genoese sponge cake with buttercream.
15. **Frisceu** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Savoury fritters with salt cod or herbs.
16. **Ligurian panissa** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Chickpea polenta fried in sticks.

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