Baccalà is a typical Italian dish. It is very popular in the whole country and it is one of the most important meals also in Liguria. Below I try to describe you this popular, Ligurian dish. What is this? Baccalà is a cod which has been preserved by drying after salting. Salt cod was long […]
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Cappon magro, the mysterious winter holiday dish :)
This is a typical Christmas and New Year Eve period dish. Very Ligurian and very mysterious dish. Nobody knows who invented it neither why its called in this way. The only one thing is sure – it is delicious! Cappon magro is an elaborate genoa’s salad of seafood and vegetables dressed with a rich sauce. […]
Natalini, the Christmas pasta!
This is one of the typical, Christmas dishes in Liguria. It is a kind of macaroni pasta with a very long tradition. Zone They are prepared in the zones of Genoa and Savona. History They are a type of dry pasta well known in Genoa already in early 1300 (!). Historically it was always prepared […]
Pandolce, the symbol of the Genoese wealth!
Pandolce is an XVI century Genoese Christmas cake. It is a fundamental dish and without it, in Liguria, you can’t say you’ve feasted Christmas. History According to a legend, it was the doge Andrea Doria of the Republic of Genoa who in ‘500 banished a competition. It was a contest among the master pastry chefs […]
Castagnaccio, the cake that helps to fall in love :)
Castagnaccio is a typical, Ligurian cake that is prepared especially during the fall season. It is so simple to prepare and so delicious that it became a traditional meal also in Piedmont, Tuscany, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, Lazio and even Corsica! What is more, it is said that it has magical power and it helps in […]