Genovesato (Genoese area) - Turismo in Provincia di Genova

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GENOVESATO
SCENTS AND FLAVOURS
“Zeneize” Cuisine
Val Polcevera: pumpkins, wines, corzetti and
salami. The Pumpkin Fair has been held in the
hillside hamlet of Murta, since 1986 (on the
second and third weekend of November). At
the fair there are pumpkins of every imaginable
shape and size, and hundreds of pumpkin
products to choose from including musical
instruments. In addition, appetising pumpkin
dishes are prepared by the local restaurants
(www.murtmaezucche.it). The corzetti,
prepared in the Polceverasca style, are ideally
served with a meat or mushroom sauce. This
pasta gets its particular shape from applying a
light finger pressure to a 1 cm square of pasta,
till it resembles the figure eight. The salami
from this area is velvety and lightly smoked and
is a perfect accompaniment to broad beans
and fresh pecorino cheese. It's made in
Sant’Olcese and Orero, from a selection of
meats, including pork from Emilian pigs and
Piedmontese beef. In the area of Serra Riccò,
Savignone and Vobbia you can find the
mostardella: a soft spreadable sausage like
meat, which is usually savoured on fresh bread.
These delicacies are preferably washed down
with a glass of Coronata, a full bodied dry
Canestrelli
white wine, of an intense aroma. Coronata is a
unique Italian metropolitan wine, as its vineyards
extend over the Coronata hill located within the
Genoese border. It was first produced in 1535 and
since 1983 its production has been in the hands of
the Valpolcevera Coronata Viticulturists
Cooperative. The Bianchetta Genovese
Valpolcevera Doc is another excellent white wine,
light yellow in colour, it has a delicate and persistent
bouquet.
A tuber from afar. The Quarantina Bianca Genovese
potato arrived in Genoa from America towards the
end of the eighteenth century. It has now become
widespread in Genoa and the surrounding areas. A
homonymous Consortium of over 50 growers was
formed in order to promote the irregular smooth
skinned, cream coloured potato. It is perfect with
trenette al pesto, tripe and cod. The Festival of the
quarantine potato, organized in the Corsiglia
woods at Roccatagliata, in the vicinity of Neirone, is
held on the penultimate Sunday of August and at
Rovegno on the first Sunday of October. It is more
than just a village fair, it is a historical re evocation of
a unique product.
Scrivia and Alta Trebbia valleys: Beers, Rose Syrup,
Canestrelli and Honey. In 1878 the Swiss Pomer and