Trenette () is a type of narrow, flat, dried pasta from Genoa, Liguria; it is similar to both linguine and fettuccine. Trenette is the plural of trenetta, but is only used in the plural and is probably a diminutive of the Genoese dialect trena, meaning 'string'.Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Vocabulario on line, s.v. Trenette is commonly served in the form of pasta served with pesto, a dish known as trenette al pesto, which can also include and boiled in the same water.
|
|