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Focaccia di Recco col formaggio is two sheets of unleavened dough stretched almost transparent, filled with fresh crescenza and baked minutes in a very hot oven, the IGP speciality of Recco east of Genoa.
The Recco consortium traces a cheese focaccia back to the time of the Third Crusade, and local tradition says villagers fleeing Saracen raids first baked dough and cheese together. Trattorie in Recco served it for All Souls' Day from the late 1800s, the Consorzio Recco Gastronomica formed in 1985, and the European Union registered Focaccia di Recco col formaggio as an IGP in 2015, limited to Recco, Sori, Avegno and Camogli.
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Antico Forno della Casana has baked focaccia in a narrow Genoa alley since 2004, with farinata, vegetable pies, pesto and fresh pasta at the counter.
TipThe shop also sells Recco-style cheese focaccia according to its own page; the hours are Monday to Saturday with an afternoon break.
Le Cicale in Trattoria on Via Ruspoli in Genoa serves Ligurian home cooking such as ravioli al tocco, trofie al pesto and rabbit, with paper mats at lunch.
OrderRavioli al tocco (€13) or the cheese focaccia (€22, minimum two people), both on the site's menu.
TipThe site says lunch uses paper mats and dinner cloth ones; the trattoria is closed on Sunday.
Strakkino on Via alla Porta degli Archi in Genoa serves cheese focaccia to eat in, take away or have delivered, with continuous hours until 22:30.
OrderCheese focaccia
TipStrakkino says it never closes and trades 12:00 to 22:30; a founding member sits on the board of the Recco cheese focaccia consortium.
Pizzeria Da Raffa in Sestri Ponente, Genoa, bakes thin wood-fired pizza and lists margherita at €6.50 and focaccia al formaggio at €9 on its site.
OrderMargherita (€6.50), focaccia al formaggio (€9) or a plain farinata (€9), all priced on the site.
TipThe site says to book by telephone only, not through the contact form, and the pizzeria opens at 18:45 every day.
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