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Pansoti are pot-bellied Genoese ravioli filled with wild greens, borage and prescinsêua curd, dressed with salsa di noci, a raw sauce of pounded walnuts, garlic, bread and oil.
Genoa's tourist office calls pansoti a fairly recent invention, a variant of the meatless ravioli di magro, and the name comes from their pot-bellied, bundle-like shape; along the Rivieras they are also made as triangles or half-moons. Walnut sauce, sarsa de noxe in dialect, is recognised as a traditional Ligurian food product and is made with prescinsêua, the tangy Genoese curd that also goes into the filling. Butter and sage is the simpler dressing the tourist office suggests.
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Trattoria detta del Bruxaboschi in San Desiderio, Genoa, is a Bib Gourmand trattoria open since 1862, with a car park and a terrace under old horse chestnuts.
OrderCima alla genovese, pansotti or fried rabbit, the dishes Michelin names first.
TipMichelin adds that mushrooms are a fixture in season; the site lists dinner Tuesday to Saturday and lunch at the weekend.
Il Genovese on Via Galata in Genoa opened in 1912 as a farinata shop called Raggio and keeps its wood oven; the menu lists pansoti, frisceü and stoccafisso.
OrderPansoti with walnut sauce, or the stoccafisso accomodato alla genovese.
TipPhone bookings are taken from 10:00 on +39 010 869 2937; takeaway and delivery run daily from 11:00 to 14:00 and 18:00 to 22:30.
Sà Pesta on Via dei Giustiniani in Genoa is a shop and trattoria dating to 1889, with a wood oven for farinata, savoury pies and stuffed anchovies.
OrderFarinata from the wood oven, or the mixed house plate that sits beside it on the menu.
TipThe site lists lunch Monday to Saturday and dinner Thursday to Saturday only; the same dishes are sold at the shop counter.
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.
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