Trofie

Trofie (Italian: [ˈtrɔːfje]), less frequently troffie, strofie or stroffie, is a short, thin, twisted pasta from the Liguria region of Italy.

Trofie are shaped by rolling a small piece of dough on a flat surface to form a short, round length of pasta with tapered ends, then twisting it to form the final shape.

Modern trofie seems to originate from Golfo Paradiso, a strip of land in the Riviera di Levante including maritime towns like Recco, Sori, Camogli and other comuni (municipalities) in the area.

[2] This pasta shape was not so common in Genoa until the mid-20th century, though the term trofie was already in use there and referred to gnocchi as a whole.

[2] Genovese trofie was traditionally made with either wheat or chestnut flour and, from the beginning of the 19th century, with the addition of potatoes also.

Trofie with pesto alla genovese