Twisted pasta
Trofie
Quick answer
Trofie are small hand-rolled twists from Liguria, the classic pesto pasta.
Trofie means "from a dialect word for rub" in Italian.
Best sauces: pesto alla genovese. Match the shape to the sauce — long thin pasta for oil and light sauces, tubes and ridges for chunky or meaty sauces, flat egg ribbons for rich ragù and butter.
- Type
- Twisted
- Origin
- Liguria
- Best with
- pesto alla genovese
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