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Picagge

Picagge are Ligurian pasta ribbons, with a chestnut-flour version called picagge matte.

Shape
Ligurian ribbons
Try with
Pesto or meat ragù

With or without chestnut flour

The distinction concerns the chestnut addition, not a universal dough formula.

Picagge

Shape
Ribbon
Dough example
Durum wheat semolina in the artisan document

Picagge matte

Shape
Ribbon
Dough example
Wheat and chestnut flour in the Chamber recipe

Pesto or meat ragù

The Ligurian artisan document proposes pesto or meat ragù. A restaurant recipe published by Genoa’s Chamber of Commerce pairs picagge matte with pesto: try that documented chestnut-and-pesto direction.

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