Torta pasqualina is Genoa's Easter pie of chard or wild greens, prescinsêua curd, Parmigiano and marjoram between sheets of thin pastry, with whole eggs set in the filling to show when cut.

The pie was made at Easter to celebrate the Resurrection, and the old accounts praise Genoese housewives able to layer 33 sheets of pastry, one for each year of Christ's life. The filling is built on prescinsêua, the soft, slightly sour curd of the Genoese dairy, with bietoline or wild greens and marjoram, and whole eggs are set into hollows in the filling. The city's tourist office notes that it is now sold all year in Genoese restaurants and delicatessens.

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Focaccia e Dintorni ★ 4.4

€BakeryCentro Storico

Focaccia e Dintorni in Genoa bakes focaccia from 07:00 to 20:00 every day, with farinata, polpettone genovese and pandolce, in an old district oven.

TipA second shop trades at Via San Lorenzo 91r; the Canneto il Curto counter draws a queue of regulars every day, according to Gambero Rosso.

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Antica Osteria dei Cacciatori ★ 4.0

€€TrattoriaSampierdarena

Antica Osteria dei Cacciatori at the top of Corso Martinetti in Genoa's Sampierdarena has two dining rooms, house-made pasta and pizza on the menu.

OrderHouse-made ravioli or trofie, and the seasonal mushroom dishes the site promotes.

TipThe site says Sunday dinner is taken only for groups above eight people; every other evening closes at 22:00.

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