If you ever see “Pizzoccheri” on a menu, ORDER IT.
Very seriously.
Pizzoccheri is not just something that sounds like Pinnocchio had a baby with the word “pizza” and a French term of endearment, mon cheri; it is a traditional Italian dish composed of buckwheat noodles (gluten-free!!!!), green cabbage, and fontina.
I had the pleasure of treasuring every moment (actually moaning… sounded weird, tasted good) eating this concoction in the kitchen of Gottino, the delightfully charming Italian wine bar/small plates restaurant on Greenwich Avenue in the West Village. To add bliss to blissed out? They have a “prosciutto pesto” on the menu, that is NUT-FREE, made with prosciutto, sage, and parmesan. Mmmmm mmm mmmm.
Moral of the story? Find some Pizzoccheri and eat it.
Run. (before eating it, of course.)
<–my dining room.
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<–no child left behind.
Gottino is located at 42 Greenwich Ave, New York, NY 10011. Open 8 a.m. until 2 a.m. every day.
