{"id":1138,"date":"2017-08-11T13:24:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T13:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifafa.us\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2017-10-09T20:32:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T20:32:39","slug":"pasta-della-liguria-trofie-e-croxetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/?p=1138","title":{"rendered":"Pasta della Liguria: Trofie e Croxetti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Contributed by\u00a0Anna Merullo<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1140\" src=\"https:\/\/ifafa.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PastaDellaLiguria.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"130\" \/>A handmade pasta shaped like a string bean, you can find <em>trofie<\/em> all along the Italian Riviera restaurant menus and in Ligurians\u2019 homes. The traditional name\u00a0<em>trofie<\/em> possibly derives from \u201c<em>strafuggi\u00e0<\/em>\u201d (to rub), the movement done with one\u2019s hands to make this kind of pasta.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1142 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ifafa.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PastaDellaLiguria_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"119\" \/>In Liguria, <em>trofie<\/em> with basil or walnut <em>pesto<\/em> are traditionally served with cooked green beans and potatoes tossed in. Potatoes, green beans and pasta might sound like a strange combination, but we guarantee that you will love it once you try it!<\/p>\n<p><em>Croxetti<\/em> instead are ancient, Ligurian pasta that comes in small, round coin-shaped forms. In the past, powerful aristocratic Genovese families used to print their family crest on one side of this pasta as a sign of prestige. Nowadays, for weddings and other special events, Ligurians still commission artisans to print family initials or other\u00a0decorations on this pasta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributed by\u00a0Anna Merullo A handmade pasta shaped like a string bean, you can find trofie all along the Italian Riviera restaurant menus and in Ligurians\u2019 homes. The traditional name\u00a0trofie possibly derives from \u201cstrafuggi\u00e0\u201d (to rub), the movement done with one\u2019s hands to make this kind of pasta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1143,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions\/1143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}