Friends of Pesto Fresco, today we are talking about Prescinseua, a traditional food product (P.A.T.) from the province of Genoa, which we find in several typical recipes from Liguria, including in a Levantine variant of Pesto alla Genovese. Prescinseua is a Ligurian dialect term for what is Ligurian Quagliata or Cagliata Genovese in Italian. With...
Fresh and good Pesto every day
To produce our best Fresh Pesto in the Frasca e Nassa Artisan Laboratory in Loano, we passionately process many kilos of very fresh Genovese Basil PDO every day, freshly cut in the fields or greenhouses, depending on the season, of the Albenga Plain (Savona), where it is produced. We select only the best basil leaves...
Sea salt, our “white gold”
Dear friends of Pesto Fresco, today we are telling you about Italian sea salt, which our Frasca & Nassa Laboratory in Loano uses to make Genoese pesto. As we like to emphasize, our artisan workshop uses selected raw materials exclusively from Italian production to give our Pesto Fresco the true flavor of ancient Ligurian tradition....
Farinata di Ceci, an ancient Ligurian delicacy
Dear friends of Pesto Fresco, our tale of Liguria through its best typical dishes continues. As we anticipated to you a few weeks ago, today we want to tell you about Farinata di ceci, one of the traditional Ligurian dishes, “fainè” or “fainà” in Genoa, appreciated and renowned now all over the world. Let’s talk...
Caprese and Fresh Pesto: an excellent encounter
Dear Friends of Pesto Fresco, The days are getting warmer and the craving for quick and easy cold dishes is increasing day by day. As you surely know, Genovese pesto, traditionally used to season pasta, can also be a very valid condiment for cold dishes. We propose a special caprese, made meanwhile with our “Cuore...
Don’t miss: Recco Focaccia Festival May 26-28
When you say Liguria, in addition to Genoese pesto, you also think of the delicious and inimitable cheese focaccia, which from Saturday, May 26 to Monday, May 28 will be the star of the “Festa della Focaccia di Recco” to be held in Recco (Genoa). It celebrates the traditional focaccia of Recco in a three-day...