Category: Recipes from Liguria

Ligurian-style oven-baked sea bass

Difficulty:medium Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:30 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 1 sea bass (1.5 kg) 4 large potatoes 200 g black olives 80 g pine nuts   1 sprig thyme 1/2 glass dry white wine salt and pepper P.D.O. Riviera Ligure oil PREPARATION Peel and wash the potatoes and cut into thick

Octopus and potato salad

Difficulty:easy Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:1 hour INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 1 frozen octopus (1 kg) 500 g potatoes lemon parsley garlic salt pepper P.D.O. Riviera Ligure oil PREPARATION After defrosting, wash the octopus under running water and remove the beak and eyes. Place in a pan of lightly salted water and bring

Salt-baked fish

Difficulty:medium Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:45 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 1 fish weighing about 1.2 kg (sea bass, sea bream, gilthead bream, dentex) 1.5 kg coarse cooking salt 1 lemon rosemary and sage P.D.O. Riviera Ligure oil PREPARATION Gut and wash the fish but don’t remove the scales. Pat dry with kitchen

Cundigiun alla Genovese

Difficulty:easy Preparation:10 minutes Cooking:15 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 300 g new potatoes 4 salad tomatoes (‘cuore di bue’ preferably) 2 peppers 1 cucumber 1 red onion 100 g taggiasca olives in brine 4 salted anchovy fillets 2 cloves garlic 1 hard boiled egg Vinegar Salt basil leaves P.D.O. Riviera Ligure

Ligurian-style oven-baked sea bass

Difficulty:medium Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:30 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 1 sea bass (1.5 kg) 4 large potatoes 200 g black olives 80 g pine nuts   1 sprig thyme 1/2 glass dry white wine salt and pepper P.D.O. Riviera Ligure oil PREPARATION Peel and wash the potatoes and cut into thick

Octopus and potato salad

Difficulty:easy Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:1 hour INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 1 frozen octopus (1 kg) 500 g potatoes lemon parsley garlic salt pepper P.D.O. Riviera Ligure oil PREPARATION After defrosting, wash the octopus under running water and remove the beak and eyes. Place in a pan of lightly salted water and bring

Salt-baked fish

Difficulty:medium Preparation:20 minutes Cooking:45 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 1 fish weighing about 1.2 kg (sea bass, sea bream, gilthead bream, dentex) 1.5 kg coarse cooking salt 1 lemon rosemary and sage P.D.O. Riviera Ligure oil PREPARATION Gut and wash the fish but don’t remove the scales. Pat dry with kitchen

Cundigiun alla Genovese

Difficulty:easy Preparation:10 minutes Cooking:15 minutes INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4): 300 g new potatoes 4 salad tomatoes (‘cuore di bue’ preferably) 2 peppers 1 cucumber 1 red onion 100 g taggiasca olives in brine 4 salted anchovy fillets 2 cloves garlic 1 hard boiled egg Vinegar Salt basil leaves P.D.O. Riviera Ligure