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"Pounded." A speciality of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, this is very finely chopped pork added to soups.

"Pounded." Describes any dish in which the ingredients have been pounded or crushed to a paste.

A pasta from Puglia similar to orecchiette.

A rich, dense fruit cake made with figs and honey.

"Pounded." Pesto refers to anything pounded, but by far the pest known version is the speciality of Genoa, a sauce using basil, olive oil, pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan and pecorino cheese. It is often served with trenette. Increasingly other combinations of herbs, nuts and cheeses are being termed "pesto." The summer of 2006 was disastrous, with almost the entire basil crop lost fo torrential storms.

The assumption would be that pesto is made with basil. However, elsewhere in the world, similar mixtures made with other herbs are increasingly called pesto and this is the case in Italy too. For this reason you may see such a description as this, simply to differentiate it form other versions.

Pasta with pesto and grated Parmesan and pecorino cheeses.