Dear Friends of Pesto Fresco<\/strong>, today we are going to tell you some news about one of our typical Ligurian products that we are most fond of: the Zucchina Trombetta<\/strong>. It is one of the products that in ancient times Ligurian sailors<\/strong> brought to Liguria from their voyages to the Americas<\/strong>. It has a crunchy<\/strong> texture, firm flesh, and a sweet and mild flavor<\/strong>, so much so that it can also<\/strong> be eaten raw.<\/strong> Green light to any imaginative idea for its use in the kitchen. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An excellence of Albenga’s agricultural production, Zucchina Trombetta has a sweet and delicate flavor and can also be eaten raw. Do you know where it comes from? We discuss it in our article today. Dear Friends of Pesto Fresco, today we are going to tell you some news about one of our typical Ligurian products…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[581],"tags":[961,553,571,1052,1053],"class_list":["post-7304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ligurian-culture","tag-craft-workshop-frasca-and-nassa-loano","tag-fresh-pesto","tag-haul-and-creel","tag-trumpet-zucchini-en","tag-trumpet-zucchini-albenga"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nThe Zucchina Trombetta<\/strong>, renowned and appreciated all over the world, is one of the four excellences of Albenga, together with Asparago Violetto di Albenga, Carciofo Spinoso di Albenga and Pomodoro Cuore di Bue di Albenga <\/strong>
\nIt is a peculiar species of <\/span>light green <\/strong>zucchini with a thin, elongated shape, a rounded end, and a very elegant flower<\/strong> at either end. The flower is lily-like with a yellow color and somewhat wrinkled texture, which is also edible. <\/p>\nWhere does the Trumpet Squash come from?<\/h3>\n
\nFinding ideal climatic conditions for its cultivation, today the Zucchina Trombetta is one of the typical products of Liguria<\/strong>, and more specifically an excellence of production in the Albenga Plain<\/strong>. In fact, it is also called Zucchina Trombetta di<\/strong> Albenga<\/strong> or Rampicante di Albenga<\/strong>.
\nThe Zucchina Trombetta is actually the unripe fruit of the Zucca Trombetta<\/strong>. In fact, left attached to the plant, the “trumpet” ripens, taking on an amber color and an entirely different flavor. The immature use of the fruit is an absolutely Ligurian peculiarity<\/strong>. <\/p>\nCharacteristics of the Trumpet Squash<\/h3>\n
\nThese precious and delicious “Trumpets” are available in the market from May until the end of September<\/strong>.
\nIt is a vegetable with excellent nutritional characteristics: very digestible, rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins B2 and C.<\/p>\nHow to Use Trumpet Zucchini.<\/h3>\n
\nFor simpler and more immediate dishes, Zucchina Trombetta can be eaten raw in salads<\/strong> or saut\u00e9ed<\/strong> over high heat with Olio EVO della Riviera Ligure<\/strong>, garlic and salt, or steamed<\/strong> and cut into “chunks,” seasoned with our Pesto Fresco alla Genovese<\/strong>, for a flavorful and aromatic dish, or even cooked in stews.
\n<\/strong>Very interesting are the virtuous flowers of Zucchina Trombetta<\/strong>, which as we said in the beginning, are edible. Literally superlative pureed in batter and fried<\/strong> in Ligurian Riviera EVO Oil or stuffed and baked<\/strong>.
\nAnother product you fall in love with immediately!
\nAre you on vacation in our neck of the woods? Stop by our Frasca e Nassa Artisan Workshop <\/strong>in Loano <\/strong>at Corso Europa 14E! <\/p>\n