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DISHES AND TYPICAL PRODUCTS

"Fragrant kitchens. Here are gigantic pies, chickpea flour, mixtures, sardines in oil, hard-boiled eggs encased in pastry crusts, spinach pies and fried foods".

The poet Paul Valery, in 1925, described with these words the Genoese cuisine. Olive oil, vegetables and aromatic herbs are the basis of the local cuisine, simple and balanced, whose most famous specialties are pesto and focaccia.

In any restaurant or restaurant of Genoese cuisine you can also taste the stuffed vegetable pies, such as the torta pasqualina, and the Genoese polpettone. Among the first stand out the traditional ravioli “al tocco”, the typical pansotti with the walnut sauce and the Genoese minestrone. To taste also the Ligurian rabbit, the cimastuffed vegetables and - very common in the local cuisine - the Farinata with chickpea flour cooked in a wood oven and the panissa.

There are numerous sea specialties: from ciuppin to the buridda, to the capponada, to the stoccafisso accomodato. Mixed fish fritters can also be tasted in the street food version, they are sold in paper rolls especially in Via Sottoripa. One of the most elaborate specialties is the cappon magro, a scenographic cold multi-layered fish salad.

Among the most famous desserts there are: the Genoese pandolce, the castagnaccio, the Lagaccio biscuits, the canestrelli, the "gobeletti", candied fruits and flowers (rose petals, violets) to be tasted with the Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà.

Cima (çimma)

Cima (çimma)

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Mandilli

Mandilli

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Gnocchi di patate

Gnocchi di patate

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Stoccafisso accomodato

Stoccafisso accomodato

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Torta pasqualina

Torta pasqualina

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Minestrone alla genovese

Minestrone alla genovese

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Pan di Spagna

Pan di Spagna

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Polpettone di fagiolini

Polpettone di fagiolini

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Marmellata di castagne

Marmellata di castagne

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Panissa

Panissa

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Latte dolce genovese fritto

Latte dolce genovese fritto

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Buridda

Buridda

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Pandolce genovese (pandoçe)

Pandolce genovese (pandoçe)

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Farinata di zucca

Farinata di zucca

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Pansoti

Pansoti

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Tomaxelle

Tomaxelle

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Torta di riso

Torta di riso

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Pesto alla genovese

Pesto alla genovese

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Farinata di ceci

Farinata di ceci

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Torta sacripantina

Torta sacripantina

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Pànera

Pànera

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Focaccia genovese

Focaccia genovese

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Lattughe ripiene in brodo

Lattughe ripiene in brodo

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Frittelle di baccalà

Frittelle di baccalà

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Coniglio alla ligure

Coniglio alla ligure

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Focaccia di patate

Focaccia di patate

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Castagnaccio ligure

Castagnaccio ligure

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Sugo di carne (u toccu)

Sugo di carne (u toccu)

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Sanguinaccio

Sanguinaccio

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Gobeletti

Gobeletti

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