The best traditional Ligurian dishes
The top 3 according to 29 votes from people: Trofie al pesto · Focaccia di Recco · Focaccia genovese. (Updated Aug 30, 2023.)
What to eat in Liguria according to Cookist, Buonissimo, Pagine Gialle and Olio Carli: pesto and focaccias first, then farinata, cappon magro and pandolce.
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Top 15
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Trofie al pesto
Ligurian pasta with PDO Genoese basil pesto.
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2
Focaccia di Recco
PGI paper-thin pastry filled with crescenza cheese.
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Focaccia genovese
Crisp outside, soft inside and pleasantly oily.
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Farinata
Thin chickpea-flour pancake baked in a wood oven.
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Pansoti with walnut sauce
Wild-herb ravioli with walnut sauce.
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Cappon magro
Baroque pyramid of fish and vegetables with green sauce.
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Cima alla genovese
Stuffed, boiled veal breast served cold.
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Ligurian rabbit
With Taggiasca olives, pine nuts and white wine.
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Pandolce genovese
Christmas cake with raisins, candied fruit and pine nuts.
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10
Torta pasqualina
Savoury pie of chard, prescinsêua cheese and whole eggs.
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Trenette al pesto with potatoes and green beans
The fullest version of pesto pasta.
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12
Stuffed anchovies
Ligurian Sea anchovies, stuffed and fried.
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13
Mesciua
La Spezia soup of chickpeas, beans and spelt.
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14
Sacripantina
Genoese sponge cake with buttercream.
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15
Frisceu
Savoury fritters with salt cod or herbs.
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16
Ligurian panissa
Chickpea polenta fried in sticks.
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Comments (4)
La focaccia genovese inzuppata nel cappuccino, la colazione dei genovesi.
Il pesto vero si fa nel mortaio!
La focaccia di Recco col formaggio, unica.
La farinata appena sfornata, croccante fuori e morbida dentro.