Cavatelli

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Cavatelli
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Uncooked cavatelli
Type Pasta
Place of origin Italy
Region or state
Main ingredients Durum wheat

Cavatelli [a] are small pasta shells made from semolina or other flour dough, [4] [5] commonly cooked with garlic and broccoli or rapini, or simply with tomato sauce. A variant adds ricotta cheese to the dough mix. [5]

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Many varieties and local names of cavatelli exist, including gnocchetti, manatelli, orecchie di prete (lit.'priest's ears'), [6] strascinati, truoccoli; capunti, cingule, minuich, rascatelli, zinnezinne (Basilicata); cantaroggini, cavatieddi, cecatelli/cicatelli, cecatidde, cortecce (lit.'tree barks', Salerno), [7] mignuicchi, strascenate, tagghjunghele (Apulia and Campania); pincinelle (Marche); cavatielle, 'ncatenate, cazzarille, ciufele (Molise); cavasuneddi, cavatuneddi, gnucchitti, gnocculi (Sicily), [8] and pizzicarieddi (Apulia). [6] [9]

A particular variety of cavatelli is typical of the comune (municipality) of Teggiano, in Campania, where they are referred to as parmitieddi . Parmitieddi are larger than cavatelli and flat-shaped. They are obtained by rolling a stick dough with three fingers of one hand, instead of with a single finger as done for the common cavatelli. Parmitieddi are usually served as a first course on Palm Sunday because their shape, similar to that of a tree leaf, recalls that of a palm. [6] In Campania, they are most common in the city of Benevento. [10]

Cavatelli with a softer texture are produced by boiling water before it is added to flour. [10]

See also

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Notes

  1. English: /ˌkævəˈtɛli/ KAV-ə-TEL-ee, US also /ˌkɑːv-/ KAHV-, [1] [2] [3] Italian: [kavaˈtɛlli] ; lit.'little hollows'; cognate to English cave and cavity .

References

  1. "cavatelli". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. "cavatelli" (US) and "cavatelli". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021.
  3. "cavatelli". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary . Merriam-Webster.
  4. "Cavatelli". marcellinaincucina.com. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Pasta Shapes". Cook's Thesaurus. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 De Vita, Oretta Zanini (2009). Encyclopedia of Pasta . Berkeley: University of California Press. pp.  73, 195. ISBN   9780520944718.
  7. Oliver, Jamie (2018). Jamie Cuisine l'Italie. Paris: Hachette Pratique. p. 132. ISBN   978-2017042839.
  8. Hildebrand & Kenedy 2011, p. 70.
  9. Zanini De Vita 2009, pp. 73, 195.
  10. 1 2 Schwartz, Arthur (1998). Naples at Table: Cooking in Campania. New York: HarperCollins. pp.  136. ISBN   0-06-018261-X.

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