Strigoli and Trofie L.T.: Authentic Ligurian Frozen Pasta
Strigoli/Trofie L.T. are short, hand-twisted Ligurian-style soft-wheat pasta, frozen at minus 18 degrees Celsius in a professional 3 kg catering format. Cooked straight from frozen in 4-5 minutes, they deliver the porous, rough texture that grips pesto and rich sauces perfectly. The L.T. line is produced by Polo SpA, an Italian food-service specialist with over 40 years of experience.
What Are Trofie and Strigoli
Trofie are a variety of Ligurian pasta shaped like small, elongated, twisted dumplings, officially listed among Liguria's Traditional Agri-Food Products (PAT) and historically tied to Genoa and its province. Strigoli (stringoli) are a short, irregular pasta format from the Italian tradition. Both belong to the great heritage of Italian pasta: since the Middle Ages, Genoese merchants, known as fidellari, made Liguria a leading hub of pasta craft thanks to its ideal microclimate for drying.
The Producer: Polo SpA
The L.T. line is made by Polo SpA, a family-run Italian company with over 40 years of experience in the distribution and production of food and non-food products for the catering and food-service channel.
Sensory Profile
The soft-wheat dough gives a tender bite and a rough, porous surface that absorbs and holds sauces. The frozen-fresh format preserves the structure of the dough, avoiding the stickiness of thawed pasta when cooked correctly from frozen.
Technical Specifications
Soft wheat flour type 00, water and salt. Contains gluten; may contain traces of mustard and soy. Stored frozen at minus 18 degrees Celsius. Cooking time 4-5 minutes in boiling salted water. Net weight 3 kg per carton. Supplier code D02 (Polo SpA 07114320).
Professional Uses in the Kitchen
Drop the pasta straight from frozen into abundant boiling salted water, using at least 1 litre of water and about 10 grams of salt per 100 grams of pasta. For rich sauces, drain at roughly half cooking and finish by sauteing in the pan with the sauce over high heat to create a creamy, starch-bound emulsion. For delicate herb sauces such as Genoese pesto, never heat the sauce: toss cold, directly in the serving dish, to keep the basil aroma and prevent the fats from separating.
Classic Pairings
Trofie al pesto alla genovese is the canonical match: fresh pasta dressed cold with basil pesto, grated cheese and extra virgin olive oil. They also work beautifully with seafood and shellfish sauces, anchovy-based dressings, or a Trapanese-style pesto of basil, almonds, cherry tomatoes and garlic.
Delivery and Logistics LAPA
B2B and B2C supply of frozen pasta specialities is shipped across Switzerland from the central LAPA warehouse in Embrach (Zurich), keeping the frozen cold chain constant at minus 18 degrees Celsius. Our own fleet of refrigerated Mercedes and Iveco vans with continuous HACCP monitoring delivers in Zurich, Winterthur, Uster, Dubendorf, St. Gallen, Frauenfeld, Bern, Basel, Lucerne and the canton of Aargau (Aarau, Wettingen, Baden). For Ticino (Lugano, Bellinzona, Locarno), French-speaking Switzerland (Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg, Vevey, Sion), the Jura and Graubunden (Chur, Davos, St. Moritz), safe frozen shipping is guaranteed in 24-48 hours via certified food-grade partner couriers: Swiss Post Frigo-Express, Planzer, Galliker and Camion Transport.
Who It Is For
Designed for Italian restaurants, pizzerias, hotels, gastronomies, canteens and cloud kitchens, as well as private customers who want authentic Italian pasta at home.
