Stuffed Pasta
| Image | Type | Description | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnolotti | Semicircular pockets; can be stuffed with ricotta or mix of cheese and meats or pureed vegetables | Diminutive of old word for "angel"; this was Giotto's nickname. | |
| Cannelloni | Rolls of pasta with various fillings, usually cooked in an oven | Big little canes | |
| Casoncelli or casonsèi | A stuffed pasta typical of Lombardy, with various fillings | Possibly from casa "house" | |
| Casunziei | A stuffed pasta typical of the Veneto area, with various fillings | From casa house | |
| Fagottini | A 'purse' or bundle of pasta, made from a round of dough gathered into a ball-shaped bundle, often stuffed with ricotta and fresh pear | Little cloth bundles | |
| Maultasche | A pasta stuffed with meat and spinach common in southern Germany | Mouth pocket | |
| Mezzelune | Semicircular pockets; about 2.5 in. diameter | Half-moons | |
| Occhi di lupo | A large, penne-shaped pasta that is stuffed | Wolf eyes | |
| Pelmeni | Russian dumplings (of Tatar origin) consisting of a filling wrapped in thin, unleavened dough | Derived from pel'nyan' (пельнянь) – literally "ear bread" in the native Finno-Ugric Komi, Udmurt, and Mansi languages | |
| Pierogi | Slavic dumplings of unleavened dough stuffed with varying ingredients | Difficult to trace: the specific name pierogi, with its proto-Slavic root "pir" (festivity) and its various cognates in the West and East Slavic languages, shows the name's common Slavic origins, predating the modern nation states and their standardized languages, although in most of these languages the word means pie | |
| Ravioli | Square. About 3x3 cm, stuffed with cheese, ground meat, pureed vegetables, or mixtures thereof | Possibly from rapa, "turnip" | |
| Sacchettini | Little sacks | ||
| Sacchettoni | Large little sacks | ||
| Tortellini | Ring-shaped, stuffed with a mixture of meat and cheese | Little pies | |
| Tortelloni | Round or rectangular, similar to ravioli,usually stuffed with a mixture of cheese and vegetables (The term tortelloni is also used for a larger variety of tortellini) | Large little pies |
Read more about this topic: List Of Pasta
Famous quotes containing the word stuffed:
“Claudio. The old ornament of his cheek hath already stuffed tennis-balls.
Leonato. Indeed, he looks younger than he did, by the loss of a beard.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)