Kaki (also Cachi) are very healthy and very esteemed fruits. Before I came in Liguria I’ve never tasted and never heard about them. Now I know that the local people become crazy when starts their season! … Let’s check why they love them so much 😉 Kaki start ripening at the end of October and […]
Food
Capponadda, delicious dish of the Ligurian sailors!
You feel hot in these days? You don’t know what to prepare for dinner? You’d prefer something fresh and light? So this Ligurian dish will solve your problems! 🙂 Capponadda is a typical dish made with bread and enriched with anchovies and other fresh ingredients. Delicious! Ingredients: 2 Gallette genovesi (a kind of bread from […]
Panissa, a dish made from … PANIC!
Panissa is a typical, Ligurian dish which for many decades it was a food of the lower classes. What is more, until the ’70s it represented the typical fast lunch of workers, dockers and students. Name We don’t know the origin of its name. However, in the XIII century, a local writer Bonvesin de la […]
Torta Pasqualina, the Easter cake dedicated to Jesus ;)
Easter is coming. It means that it is the time to prepare Torta Pasqualina … the most typical dish that you can eat for Easter Dinner in Liguria. It is a salted cake that is prepared here for ages! Let’s know it better! Ingredients: For 2 puff pastry 450 g of flour 80 g of butter […]
Acciuga,the fish you have to try in Liguria!
This is one of the symbols of Liguria and of the Ligurian sea. Its fishing period starts in early spring and finishes in late autumn. However, the high season is in the summer. Let’s know better this creature 😉 English name: Anchovy Nutritional values: 100g = 130kcal (66,6% protein, 33,4% fat) Size: 10-17 cm How […]