Genoese pesto
Genoese pesto is the most famous Genoa’s food all over the world. Try it with trofie or lasagne
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In Genoa you can eat a wide variety of typical Italian dishes (pasta, ravioli, focaccia), also this city boasts a traditional cuisine with ancient origins. Being a seaside town you can taste many fish dishes, but the Genoese cuisine is not only this. Its peculiarity, which reflects the characteristics of the Ligurian territory, is the strong mixture of sea dishes and dishes of land.
Genoa is famous all over the world for Pesto. This green sauce reaches its best when paired with trofie, gnocchi or lasagna. At a Genoese restaurant you always find also Pansoti with nut sauce and Ravioli with “tuccu” sauce. Genoese Focaccia, Recco’s Cheese Focaccia and Farinata are others typical foods, like Stockfish and Genoese “Cima”. Here are all the dishes to eat in Genoa. A collection of local Ligurian dishes, tips and recipes from Genoa.
Genoese pesto is the most famous Genoa’s food all over the world. Try it with trofie or lasagne
Cheese Focaccia of Recco (Focaccia col formaggio di Recco) is a famous dish to try in Genoa and its Riviera
In Genoa most of the restaurants offer in the menu pansoti with walnut sauce, considered a real workhorse
Tasty vegetarian sauce is prepared with a blender or marble mortar, the same used to prepare pesto
Genoese recipe of creamed stockfish with potatoes, a traditional dish called brandacujun in Genoese dialect
A traditional recipe with milk and rice powder. This pudding can be enjoyed in restaurants that serve typical Ligurian dishes
This salad cake is famous in Genoa and you can find it in “Sciamadda” shops and in the Genoese rotisseries
This typical Genoa’s food with cuttlefish is a dish based on fish and vegetables, with a rather simple preparation. Here the Genoese recipe
