Croxetti are a traditional Ligurian pasta. They are thin, flat intricately decorated coins. This pasta shape evolved from a simple disc flattened under a glass, or under a coin, to a wooden stamp, embossing on each a pretty design, or a family crest.
The stamp also helps the pasta ...Croxetti are a traditional Ligurian pasta. They are thin, flat intricately decorated coins. This pasta shape evolved from a simple disc flattened under a glass, or under a coin, to a wooden stamp, embossing on each a pretty design, or a family crest.
The stamp also helps the pasta hold its sauce better. These beautiful disks of pasta, stamped with the coat-of-arms of its region (Genova), and a stalk of Ligurian wheat, are dumpling-like when cooked. Corzetti are usually served with a simple meat or mushroom sauce, pesto, pine nut or walnut sauce, fish sauce, or a light cream sauce.
Alta Valle Scrivia is located in the village of Montoggio in the Scrivia Valley, just inland from Genoa in the coastal province of Liguria in Northern Italy. For 3 decades Pastificio Artigianale Alta Valle Scrivia has been producing one of the most emblematic culinary traditions of Italy: PASTA. Certified Organic.