Liguria
Pasta shapes from Liguria
Liguria is a region of north-western Italy; its capital is Genoa.
- Shapes
- 10
- With a full profile
- 9
- Families
- long strands, ribbons, tubes, sheets, stuffed, hand-formed
- Made by hand
- 3
- Egg dough
- 4
- Sauces
- 2
- Classic plates
- 30
The cooking of the region
Ligurian cuisine consists of dishes from the culinary tradition of Liguria, a region of northwestern Italy, which makes use of ingredients linked both to local production, and to imports from areas with which, over the centuries, the Ligurians have had frequent trade.
Sauces from Liguria
10 shapes from Liguria
Corzetti
Hand-formed · Liguria
coin-shaped disc stamped with a pattern on both faces
Fazzoletti
Sheets · Liguria
thin square of egg sheet, folded loosely on the plate like a handkerchief
Fedelini
Long strands · Liguria
fine round strand, between capellini and spaghettini
Linguine
Long strands · Liguria
flattened oval strand, wider than thick
Pansotti
Stuffed · Liguria
plump triangular parcel filled with wild greens and cheese
Penne
Tubes · Liguria
medium tube cut on the diagonal, ridged (rigate) or smooth (lisce)
Penne lisce
Tubes · Liguria
smooth diagonal-cut medium tube
Trenette
Long strands · Liguria
flat narrow strand, slightly wider than linguine
Trofie
Hand-formed · Liguria
thin twist rolled with the flat of the hand, pointed at both ends
Picagge
Ribbons · Liguria
Flat strands about 1.5cm wide. Thinner sheet than lasagna. Can be white or green.
Classic plates of Liguria
Every dish the shape profiles of this region name, with the shape and, where we have it, the sauce.
- Baked pennePenne
- Corzetti ai funghiCorzetti
- Corzetti al burro e maggioranaCorzetti
- Corzetti con salsa di nociCorzetti
- Fazzoletti al ragu biancoFazzoletti · Meat ragu
- Fazzoletti con salsa di nociFazzoletti
- Fedelini al pomodoro frescoFedelini · Pomodoro
- Fedelini in brodoFedelini · In brodo
- Linguine ai frutti di mareLinguine · Frutti di mare
- Linguine al pestoLinguine
- Linguine alle vongoleLinguine · Vongole
- Linguine allo scoglioLinguine
- Mandilli de sea al pestoFazzoletti
- Pansotti al burro e maggioranaPansotti
- Pansotti con salsa di nociPansotti
- Pasta al fornoPenne lisce · Baked (al forno)
- Penne al baffoPenne
- Penne all'arrabbiataPenne · Arrabbiata
- Penne alla NormaPenne · Norma
- Penne alla vodkaPenne
- Penne lisce al pomodoroPenne lisce · Pomodoro
- Penne lisce alla NormaPenne lisce · Norma
- picagge al pestoPicagge
- picagge avvantaggiatePicagge
- picagge mattePicagge
- picagge verdiPicagge
- Trenette al pesto con fagiolini e patateTrenette
- Trofie al pestoTrofie
- Trofie alla ligureTrofie
- Trofie con fagiolini e patateTrofie
Sources
- A shape belongs to a region by the origin in its record: the Wikipedia list of pasta, the Wikidata item, and the regional cookbooks named on the shape page.
- Liguria, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q1256.
- Cuisine of Liguria, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.