Corzetti or Croxetti (in Genoese dialect curzetti) are a kind of pasta typical of the Ligurian cuisine of north-west Italy, and traditional also in the area of Novi Ligure just across the border with Piedmont in the Province of Alessandria. Corzetti originated in Liguria, in Northern Italy along the border with France, during the middle ages.[2] The name itself derives from a XIVth century Genoan coin, the corzetto.[1]