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Tordello | What the tordello says

The meat-stuffed pasta that gives identity to Lucca & Versilia

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Peter Benei
Apr 29, 2026
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Pizza is Napoli speaking. Focaccia and pesto are Liguria speaking. Cassoeula is Milan, bagna càuda is Piedmont, orecchiette con cime di rapa is Bari, and on it goes: every Italian region and most Italian towns have a single dish that the place uses to tell the world we are us, and we are not them. The tordello is Versilia speaking. Specifically, the tor…

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