DISH RESEARCH · Noodle dish
Trofie al pesto
Also known as: Trofie with pesto
Hand-shaped spiral trofie dressed with Genoese pesto; the municipal description includes potatoes and green beans.
About Trofie al pesto
Research draft based on the references below. These notes describe particular recipes and presentations; ingredient connections are still being reviewed.
Trofie al pesto pairs hand-shaped pasta with Genoese pesto. VisitGenoa describes the pasta as small elongated spirals whose twists hold the sauce.
Its pasta dough uses flour, water and salt. The regional account describes cooked trofie dressed with pesto, potatoes and green beans.
The municipality’s separate pesto reference combines basil, pine nuts, garlic, coarse sea salt, olive oil and cheeses. Parmigiano Reggiano or Grana Padano is used alongside Pecorino Sardo.
Soft pasta dough rests before small pieces are rolled and twisted by hand. For the sauce, garlic and salt are crushed in a mortar, followed by pine nuts, basil and cheeses; oil brings it to a creamy consistency.
Cooking water may loosen the pesto before dressing pasta. Chestnut-flour and cuttlefish-ink trofie, and walnut or seafood sauces, are separate versions mentioned by VisitGenoa.
Ingredients in Trofie al pesto
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- Basilsauce
- Garlicsauce
- Pine nutssauce
- Potatoesother
- Parmesan cheesesauce
- Pecorino cheesesauce
- Olive oilsauce
- Trofie pastabase
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
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- Italy
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- Genoese cuisine