Testaroli
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Testaroli, sometimes referred to as testarolo, is a type of thin spongy pasta or bread in Italian cuisine that is prepared in circular sheets using water, flour, and salt, which is then sliced into di
A plate of testaroli with pesto, as served at a trattoria in Pontremoli, Tuscany, Italy
Testaroli being sliced
Peasant foods
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Peasant foods are dishes eaten by peasants, made from accessible and inexpensive ingredients.
Testaroli
…by The Wall Street Journal, it is "the earliest recorded pasta". In the Italian province of Massa-Carrara, located within the Tuscany region, it was a peasant food consumed as a one-course meal, topped with grated cheese and olive oil. In Massa and Carrara, it was sometimes accompanied with stracchino cheese or…
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