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These below are only a little
example of some food that you can eat in Genova and Liguria.... Because there
is much more...
And as I said it is really difficult to find these kinds of food in another
part of Italy....
Because every Country in Italy has got own tipical meals and food, with difficultly
you can find them out of that Country..
Anyway... one of the most famous specialities of Liguria
is PESTO
(it' is a sauce made by basil).
This sauce was born here, and Pesto that you can find in other places is
different because the plant of basil and the way in which grows (for wether,
the ground and other) is different.
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PASTA
Genova is in Italy, so here too, pasta is very important. Obviously, here, one of the most traditional dishes is PASTA AL PESTO... (Pasta with Pesto)
And usually you should eat Pesto
with one of these three kinds of Pasta...
with Spaghetti... |
with Trenette
(more or less like spaghetti but flatter)... ![]() |
and Troffie
(the best): a kind of fresh pasta that looks like little worms. ![]() |
but it's as much
important LASAGNE
with Pesto... (slices of pasta, with Pesto and Bechamel between one slice
and another....) |
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Other kind of tipical
Pasta from here are PANSOTTI AL
SUGO DI NOCI (Pansotti with walnut sauce)...
indescrivibable... |
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Or RAVIOLI
with meat sauce (quite similar to Bolognese) |
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Or if you prefere it's full of kinds of MINESTRONE (Soupes with or without pesto, with vegetables, or meat, or fish, ecc...)
FOCACCIA
But something of very tipical in Liguria (maybe the most tipical) is FOCACCIA... It's like a pizza but only the pastry, made in a different way...
There is simple.... |
with onions... |
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or with a special
cheese inside.... la FOCACCIA COL
FORMAGGIO (arrghhh...) |
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Usually, you can't find the simple Focaccia (or with onions) in a restaurant (maybe somethime), but only at the bakerys (and it's full of these). And you can eat Focaccia when you want... Because it's always a good moment... In the morning, at lunch, in the afternoon, at dinner... and also at night... because some bakerys are open all the night and you can buy Focaccia, sweets and other at 3, 4 or 5 o'clock AM, when you are hungry, after a night out... And you can find it, warm, just token out of the oven...
FARINATA
Another kind of Focaccia but different because, made with chickpeas flour,
and very thin... |
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And then, lots of
savoury cakes... One of the most common is TORTA
PASQUALINA (Cake of Easter). I don't try ever
to describe it... |
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FISHES
Fishes are very important in the cooking of Italy and also of my Country (it's all on the sea...). You can find all, cooked in all the manners...
GRIGLIATA MISTA (Mixed Grill)
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MUSSELS and other
LOBSTERS
And then you can
find fish like starter, with pasta, with rice, alone, grilled, fried..... |
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OTHER
Kinds of
Salame and Cheese...
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Vegetables
with stuffings... |
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and other, other and other....
DESSERTS
PANDOLCE
(Sweet bread, but obviusly it's not bread...)
BACI
DI DAMA (Lady's Kisses, coockies...) |
CANESTRELLI |
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LATTE
FRITTO
(Fried milk... but obviously it's not only milk...) |
And other cookies made
with a special pastry... |
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And then, here, Chestnuts
and Mushrooms grow everywere,
so it's full of dishes with these...
Besides along
all the coast of Liguria it's full of Olives
and Vines (Grapes).
They grow in this contest... kissed by the sun and embraced by the sea breath,
in a mild climat, and in a natural way like 100 or more years ago...
For this,
Liguria is one of the main producing countries in Italy of OLIVE
OIL, with a delicate and fruity flavour...
This Oil from here isn't called only Olio d'oliva (Olive
Oil) but Olio Ligure (Olive
Oil from Ligura) because this type of plant grows only here, with the right
water, and particular climate and ground that it needs...
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And then Grapes... this means a very good quality of WINE. We produce white, red, rosè and dessert wine...
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So now, think that all our food grows
in this habitat, and you...
you can eat this food in places like these, maybe in a small restaurant in some
towns on the sea, or maybe only on a meadow on the grass looking this landscape...
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