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Traditional Dishes from Liguria



AMARETTI
Almond Cookies

CAPPON MAGRO
Ligurian Seafood Caponata

CASTAGNACCIO
Chestnut Crust

CIMA ALLA GENOVESE
Stuffed Flank Steak Genoa Style

CONDIGGION
Sea Biscuits with Smoked Fish Salad

LUMACHE ALLA LIGURE
Snails Ligurian Style

PANDOLCE
Pandolce

PANIZZA
Chickpea Polenta

PESTO
Basil Sauce

PESTO DI FAVE
Fava Bean Sauce

POMODORI ESSICCATI
Sun-dried Tomatoes

SALSA DI NOCI
Walnut Sauce

TORTA PASQUALINA
Artichoke Savory Pie

Buridda: Genoese soup of various fish in a stock with plenty of garlic, anchovy, tomato.

Capponada: the poor man's cappon magro includes biscuits and mainly preserved fish.

Ciuppin: the humblest of fish stewed with tomato, garlic, onions, white wine and eaten as soup thickened with stale bread.

Coniglio alla carlona: rabbit braised in white wine with black olives, pine nuts, capers, herbs.

Gianchetti all'agro: the miniature fish served raw or poached with lemon, oil, parsley.

Mes-ciua: chick-peas, beans, farro and olive oil blend in an antique soup of La Spezia.

Pansłuti con la salsa di noci: pasta envelopes filled with ricotta and the Preboggion bouquet of herbs, topped with walnut sauce and grated Parmigiano Reggiano.

Sbira or sbirra: tripe with tomatoes, potatoes and herbs served over slabs of toasted bread with Parmigiano Reggiano, eaten by Genoa's stevedores and Sbirri (cops) after a day's work.

Siluri: torpedoes, the nickname for totani or flying squid, stuffed with cheese, breadcrumbs and garlic and stewed with wine and tomatoes.

Stecchi fritti: wooden skewers of various pieces of veal coated with thick batter that includes artichokes, mushrooms and grated cheese and fried in olive oil.

Stocchefisce accomodou: dried cod cooked with pine nuts, olives, mushrooms, potatoes, vegetables, herbs and anchovies, in white wine and tomato sauce.

Tomaxelle veal rolls with a filling of mushrooms, pine nuts, breadcrumbs and eggs braised in tomato sauce.

     Regional
     Specialites:

     Wines
     Cinque Terre and Cinque Terre Sciacchetrą DOC
     Colli di Luni DOC
     Colline di Levanto DOC
     Golfo del Tigullio DOC
     Pornassio or Ormeasco di Pornassio DOC
     Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC
     Rossese di Dolceacqua or Dolceacqua DOC
     Val Polcevera DOC

     Olive Oils
     Riviera Ligure DOP

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