The thistle, unlike other vegetables, prefers the cold: if the frost arrives, even better … releases the most goodness and tenderness. It ‘a vegetable from the bitter-sweet taste reminiscent of the artichoke and lends itself to many preparations. The cardoon pie is one of the many Ligurian savoury pies, it is prepared with a light, eggless and wine-scented pastry that encloses a filling enriched by prescinseua or curd, a typical Ligurian "cheese", irreplaceable in the preparation of many Genoese dishes.
