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Origin
Emilia, Emilia-Romagna
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Description
Maltagliati ('badly cut') are the deliberately irregular, rough-edged pasta shapes of Emilia: triangular scraps cut at random angles from the pasta sheet, no two alike. They catch thick sauces in their angles and irregular surfaces. Dressed with a simple but deeply flavoured pork sausage ragù — casings removed, sausage crumbled and browned in lard, deglazed with white wine, finished with a small amount of passata — they are the weekday pasta of the Emilian plains. Their irregular shape is not a defect but a feature.
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The Thread
—Deliberately irregular fresh pasta shapes used to catch thick sauces — the Tuscan tradition of using pasta 'as it comes' Tuscan
—Egg pasta pressed through irregular holes to create non-uniform shapes — both celebrate irregularity as a texture feature German
—Hand-cut fresh pasta with varying widths, valued for its textural variation in French country cooking French
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Flavour Context
Irregular egg pasta with angled edges catching a simple pork sausage ragù — the weekday cooking philosophy of Emilia where nothing is wasted and imperfection becomes character
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