page_title: Trofie
section_title: Etymology
hierarchical_section_title: Trofie / History / Etymology
caption_attribution_description: Troffiette with genovese pesto.
context_page_description: Trofie is a short, thin, twisted pasta from Liguria, Northern Italy.
context_section_description: The origin of this pasta name is not certain. It is believed to come from the Ligurian verb strufuggiâ ("to rub") as a reference to its method of preparation, which consists in "rubbing" or rolling a small piece of dough on the pastry board. Similarly, the root of Ligurian strofia might be Ancient Greek στρωφαω ("to twist, to spin"), referring to the same motion required to produce trofie.
caption: Trofie with pesto alla Genovese
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