Cappellacci di Zucca Ferraresi IGP are hat-shaped egg-pasta parcels filled with violina pumpkin.
Sweet pumpkin, salty cheese and nutmeg meet beneath yellow egg pasta.
A square of pasta becomes a triangle, then its pointed ends are brought together to form the cappellaccio. The rounded fold recalls a country straw hat.
Inside is cooked violina pumpkin, grated cheese, breadcrumbs and nutmeg. The distinctive pleasure is the contrast between sweet pumpkin and salty cheese.
Squares of egg dough fold into triangles; joining the two acute corners forms the hat. The specification permits manual or mechanical shaping.
The protected production area encompasses the whole province of Ferrara, in Emilia-Romagna.
Emilia-RomagnaOur suggestion: try butter and sage to accompany the pumpkin filling. The specification includes grated cheese, breadcrumbs and nutmeg alongside the violina pumpkin; sugar is optional.
The specification identifies yellow violina pumpkin, Cucurbita moschata.
Yes. Breadcrumbs accompany the pumpkin, grated cheese and nutmeg.
No. The specification allows both manual shaping and forming machinery.
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