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Origin
Abruzzo
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Description
The most distinctive first course of the Teramo tradition — very thin crêpes (scrippelle) made from egg, flour and a pinch of salt, cooked in a dry, hot pan, rolled around a filling of aged Pecorino Abruzzese and a dusting of cinnamon, then placed in a hot capon or beef broth and left to absorb the broth until swollen and silky. A preparation that defies categorisation — part crêpe, part dumpling, part soup.
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The Thread
—Rolled crêpes served in a clear consommé — the Alsatian version uses simpler filling and a different broth; the concept of crêpe-in-broth is shared French
—Broth with rolled crêpes — the Hungarian national soup technique of adding rolled crêpes to clear beef soup Hungarian
—Thin rice flour crêpes rolled around filling and served in a light broth — same thin-wrapper-rolled-and-served-in-broth structure Vietnamese
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Flavour Context
The broth is the soul: golden, deep and capon-savoury; the scrippelle absorb it and swell; Pecorino gives saltiness and the cinnamon gives an unexpected warmth that somehow makes everything more right — one of the most distinctive regional preparations in Italy
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