After a long break, I am bringing back Sunday pasta. And today I am proposing a rather unusual pasta: testaroli. Testaroli are typical of Liguria and in some ways they are closer to pancakes than to your usual pasta.
To make testaroli you make a batter of flour and water and then cook them in a pan like a pancake. After that, you take the “pancakes” cut them and warm them up in boiling water like you would do for gnocchi.
Since they are typical from Liguria, their traditional dressing is basil pesto. Better if home made.
Hope you will like them! I sure did!
Ingredients
- 1/4 lb semolina flour
- 1/4 lb all purpose flour
- 1 cup whater
- 1/4 cup pesto
For testaroli:
To dress:
Directions
- Prepare the testaroli by mixing the flours with the water to obtain a batter with a consistency similar to the one of pancakes.
- Make testaroli by pouring the batter in a hot pan. Cook the testaroli for about 1 minute on each side or until they come off the pan cleanly. This much batter makes about 3-4 testaroli.
- Let the testaroli cool down and then cut them in roboidal shapes.
- To eat them, warm them up in boiling water. They are ready when they start floating.
- Fish them out and dress with pesto. Serve warm.
Hi! I'm PolaM, the Italian cooking in the Midwest.
I am new to Testaroli! Interesting.
These are new to me. They sound wonderful…
Frank @Memorie di Angelina recently posted..Focaccia al rosmarino (Rosemary Flat Bread)
a wonderful and easy recipe for home-made pasta. I will try it supersoon, thank you so much for sharing! I particularly like dishes from Liguria, for they tend to be vegetarian and make a wonderful use of few but good ingredients. so nice to be back! xox
My Italian Smörgåsbord recently posted..Old Time Danish Brød For World Bread Day
This looks so interesting! Thank you for the amazing pasta lesson.
Dara recently posted..Autumn Minestrone
I have never seen any thing like this.. it looks delicious.
Ramona recently posted..Pumpkin, Banana and Chocolate Muffin-Cake
buonissima,con un piatto cosi farei il bis:)
tina recently posted..Il dessert day-Mini nougat di frutta secca
Adoro la pasta fatta in casa, la tua è perfetta, complimenti!
Un abbraccio!
la pasta in casa con la semola viene davvero bene!
complimenti! e buona setttimana
Gio recently posted..Chic ma non impegna…
Pancake like pasta? I’ve never had it but sounds unique and delicious! I can imagine it’s good with pesto.
Nami | Just One Cookbook recently posted..Roast Chestnuts
Same here… never had them! And I grew up less than 150 km from Genoa… hahaha They look DELICIOUS! I should make them! I am sure my little ones too will go crazy for them! They ADORE pesto (or “green pasta” as they call it!).
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Really interesting and unusual first course! I admit that I’ve never had them, although I grew up not more than 300 Km from Liguria. Ah, regional Italian food, never stops to amaze me! Thanks Pola for sharing your recipe.
Paolo @ DisgracesOnTheMenu recently posted..Pasticcini, Italian Fine Pastries
To be honest I never tried them either, but I ran across the recipe and thought: why not?
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