Tastavo Restaurant menus in your language Sign in
English
Trofie with pesto

Trofie with pesto: what it is and where to eat it

Trofie al pesto

Short, twisted pasta shapes served with a traditional sauce made of crushed basil, pine nuts, garlic, parmesan, and olive oil.

12 restaurants on Tastavo serve it

Cuisine
Italian (Ligurian)

Typical ingredients

  • trofie pasta
  • basil
  • pine nuts
  • parmesan cheese
  • garlic
  • olive oil

History of the dish

Italy

About the classic trofie. This venue serves its own version.

trofie
© Roger469 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Origin
Italy
Read more

Trofie (Italian: [ˈtrɔːfje]), less frequently troffie, strofie or stroffie, is a short, thin, twisted pasta from the Liguria region of Italy. These thin, twisted shapes are believed to have originated in Sori, a town in the province of Genoa.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Trofie” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikipedia

Where to eat it

Genoa · Prices in Genoa

Florence

Ibiza

General information about this dish, not provided by the venue. Dish pictures are illustrations based on the menu description, not photos from the venue.