Trofie with pesto, green beans and potatoes are a rather old and enriched version of pasta with pesto, the addition of potatoes and green beans really makes this dish very tasty - appealing to vegetarians as well. One can usually enjoy this recipe in local restaurants in Liguria where traditional Ligurian cuisine is served.
Trofie are a short, thin, twisted fresh pasta originally from Eastern Liguria. They are used in this recipe, although the same recipe comes with trenette pasta in Western Liguria instead.
Ingredients:
- Trofie 4hg
- string beans 3hg
- potatoes 3
- salt and extra-virgin olive oil
Directions:
Clean the string beans and peel the potatoes. Cut the potatoes into 2-3cm slices and cut the string beans in half.
In a pot, get the water with salt to a boil, add the string beans first and the potates after 3 minutes; let boil for another 5 minutes. Then add the trofie and let cook for 7 minutes.
Drain all and add delicious Ligurian pesto. If necessary add extra-virgirn olive oil and a bit of grated parmesan cheese.
Best paired with a Vermentino white wine or an Ormeasco Pornassio Superiore DOC red wine.
Debora Bellotti
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