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Trenette with pesto

Trenette with pesto is a typical Ligurian dish and is very well known on all our tables: it has spread throughout the national territory and also abroad. But not everyone knows that the real dish includes not only the use of Genoese pesto to season pasta, but this is accompanied by boiled potatoes and green beans. In fact, it is only thanks to the addition of these two ingredients that the dish acquires a more complete and distributed taste, without exaggerating with the addition of pesto which can, at times, make the dish less digestible or taste too garlicky.

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Green Lasagna Bolognese

Green lasagna alla bolognese is a dish known to all and very famous, not only throughout Emilia, but also throughout the world. Strange to say, the most ancient origins of this dish can be traced back to the Neapolitan tradition (1200-1300) even if the version known to all of us is practically the Bolognese one. Layers of fresh green egg pasta, thanks to the addition of spinach in the dough, are seasoned with the famous Bolognese sauce, and enriched with béchamel sauce and grated Parmigiano Reggiano. The preparation of this dish is more than difficult and long and laborious, however the results will greatly reward the effort in preparing it!

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