Trofie
Small twisted pasta from Liguria, listed among the region's traditional agri-food products (PAT); Garofalo's fresh trofie are small braided coils of durum wheat semolina.
Trofie is a Ligurian pasta listed in the national list of traditional agri-food products (PAT) kept by the Italian ministry MASAF (26th revision, Liguria, no. 246), in the category of fresh pasta and bakery products.
In its fresh pasta range Garofalo describes trofie as small snakes of braided pasta made from durum wheat semolina, smooth on the outside and rough in the curled part, which helps hold sauce. Garofalo's fresh trofie cook in 8 minutes (400 g pack). Under Italian law, fresh pasta follows the same composition rules as dry pasta except for moisture and acidity, and may also contain soft wheat flour (DPR 187/2001, art. 9).
Facts
What it includes
- Antiche Tradizioni di Gragnano Trofie
- Barilla Trofie
- D'Aniello Trofie
- De Cecco Trofie n.188
- Di Martino Trofie
- Divella Trofie Il Valore della Tradizione
- Divella Trofiette Pasta Fresca
- Garofalo Trofie Pasta Fresca
- Giovanni Rana Trofiette
- Granoro Dedicato Trofie n.104
- Il Re della Pasta Trofie
- La Fabbrica della Pasta Trofie
- Pastai Gragnanesi Trofie
- Rustichella d'Abruzzo Trofie
- Sorrentino Trofie
How it connects to Pasta
Trofie → related → 🧀 Parmesan ← related ← 🍝 Pasta
Links
- Used in
- 🌿 Pesto alla genovese
- What it contains
- Wheat flour, Semolina
- Part of
- Fresh pasta, Dry durum wheat pasta
- Similar and different
- Giovanni Rana Specialità Regionali, Strozzapreti, Barilla Specialità, Divella Il valore della tradizione, Antiche Tradizioni di Gragnano Pasta Regionale, Di Martino Formati Regionali, Garofalo Pasta Fresca Trafilata, Busiate, Pastai Le Paste Lisce Speciali, Pastai Gnocchi e Paste Corte
- In other topics
- 🧀 Parmesan, 🫒 Olive oil, 🧀 Pecorino
Frequently asked questions
What are trofie?
A small twisted pasta from Liguria; Garofalo describes it as small coils of braided durum wheat pasta, smooth outside and rough in the curled part.
Are trofie a traditional product?
Yes. Trofie is on the national list of traditional agri-food products (PAT) as a Ligurian product, no. 246 in the 26th revision.
How long do fresh trofie take to cook?
Garofalo's fresh trofie take 8 minutes; check the time on your own pack.
Recipes
What to read next
- 🌿 Pesto alla genovese — A raw green sauce from Genoa: basil pounded with garlic, pine nuts and salt, bound with aged cheese and extra virgin olive oil.
- Giovanni Rana Specialità Regionali — Giovanni Rana range of egg-free fresh pasta in regional shapes: trofiette of flour and potato and orecchiettine of semolina.
- 🫒 Olive oil — Oil pressed from the fruit of the olive tree.
- 🧀 Parmesan — Parmigiano Reggiano, a hard cheese from Emilia-Romagna and part of Lombardy, aged from 12 months.
- Strozzapreti — Small hollow, twisted pieces of pasta from the Forlì-Cesena area of Romagna, made from flour and water; also sold dried.
Similar
Cavatelli · Orecchiette · Testaroli · Fileja · Pici · Busiate
Sources
- DPR 9 febbraio 2001, n. 187, art. 9 — paste alimentari fresche (Normattiva)
- MASAF — Ventiseiesima revisione dell'elenco dei prodotti agroalimentari tradizionali (Liguria: Trofie, n. 246)
- Pasta Garofalo — Trofie, pasta fresca trafilata al bronzo (scheda prodotto)