Striped Genovese courgette
Striped Genovese zucchini has elongated cylindrical fruit with green skin and pale stripes, as described by the seed producer Arcoiris.
- Fruit shape
- Elongated and cylindrical
- Skin pattern
- Green with pale stripes
Try it in the kitchen
Slice the zucchini into rounds, cook them with olive oil and finish with basil. Keep the skin visible, or split the fruit lengthwise for grilling so the stripes have a larger place on the plate.
For Regione Liguria’s stuffed zucchini, fill the halves with their chopped flesh, ricotta or prescinseua, eggs, marjoram and grated cheese. Compare this Ligurian preparation with Blumen’s stuffed recipe for its pale Genovese selection, keeping that pale selection distinct from the green, pale-striped zucchini here.
Match the named selection
Ask for a striped Genovese selection and look for the pale stripes. Producer descriptions of Genovese selections can differ, so the name alone does not guarantee one identical appearance or prove that the crop was grown in Liguria.
