A SNACK - GENOVESE STYLE

There is a bakery on our street, more commonly known as a Focacceria. They offer the most popular savoury snack around here, the focaccia, from early morning to late in the evening, seven days a week. This flat, deliciously buttery bread with toppings, attracts a constant stream of customers. In fact, these type of small bakeries are almost as numerous as cafees, there is one on every street corner.

This may not look that special - but wait until you taste the rich, creamy cheese filling on this Focaccia al formaggio and you will never, ever touch a hot dog again! The best focaccia al formaggio is said to be baked in Recco, which is another small town not far from Genoa city.

 

 

Olives give this focaccia a particularly lovely, salty flavour. One piece of this size is about 2 euro.

A focaccia can be eaten any time of the day - it is at its best straight from the hot oven and normally enjoyed there and then, in the street, from a paper bag. Focaccia comes with numerous toppings: olives, cheese, herbs, potatoes, onions.... It is produced in big, flat pans and a piece will be cut according to customers' wishes. Delicious! Yum!