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Bigoli in salsa
Also known as: Bigoli in salsa; PAT
Venetian thick pasta coated with slowly cooked onion and salted anchovy sauce.
About Bigoli in salsa
Bigoli in salsa is a Venetian pasta dish built around thick bigoli, onion and salted fish. This profile follows Visit Chioggia's concise local recipe of bigoli, salted anchovies, white onion, oil and salt.
Slow-cooked onion supplies mellow sweetness, while anchovies melt into a concentrated salty, savoury sauce. The restrained seasoning keeps the flavour focused on the contrast between the sweet onion and pungent fish.
The long, thick pasta has a rough, substantial bite and is lightly coated rather than submerged. Soft onion clings to the strands, while the dissolved anchovies give the sauce a muted golden-brown colour without large fish pieces.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Fish.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bigoli in salsa
Chioggian Bigoli in Salsa with Salted Anchovies and Onion.
- Bigoli pastaThick rough-textured pasta base
- Salted anchoviesSalty savoury sauce
- White onionsSlow-cooked sweet aromatic
- OilCooking medium
- SaltSeasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Bigoli pasta: . No bigoli-specific route exists; the named regional pasta maps to the generic pasta route, with its exact flour and egg formula unresolved
- Salted anchovies: . The named salted fish maps to the established anchovy route
- White onions:
- Oil: . The local source names oil without identifying its plant source, blend or refining status; it maps to the generic vegetable-oil route
- Salt:
Origins & food traditions
Visit Chioggia supplies the complete local recipe selected here and places bigoli in salsa among Chioggia's typical dishes. Great Italian Chefs independently corroborates the Venetian identity and the core bigoli, onion and anchovy structure while documenting a more embellished wine-and-parsley version that is not merged here.
Countries
- Italy
- ItalyCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Venetian Cuisine
- Veneto Cuisine
- Italian Cuisine