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Brovada con Cjalsòns di Carnia al Formaggio

Carnia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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Origin

Carnia, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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Description

Cjalsòns di Carnia are the most complex stuffed pasta in Italy: half-moon ravioli filled with a mixture of potatoes, raisins, chocolate, cinnamon, smoked ricotta, and sometimes a drop of grappa — a sweet-savoury-spiced filling that is simultaneously jarring and extraordinary. The pasta is served with browned butter and smoked ricotta. The filing reflects the medieval tradition of spiced meat pies in Carnia, and the sweet-savoury combination is a relic of Renaissance court cuisine preserved in the alpine valleys long after it vanished from the plains.

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The Thread

—Stuffed pasta with a sweet element (amaretti) in a savoury context — the same sweet-savoury filling tradition in neighbouring Mantova Mantovano · (Lombardia)
—Chocolate combined with savoury ingredients in a pastry filling — the same medieval Arab sweet-savoury combination Sicilian
—The Arab-influenced sweet-savoury stuffed pastry tradition that reached both Sicily and the Alpine mountain traditions Moroccan
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Flavour Context

Half-moon pasta encasing a filling of potato, raisins, chocolate, and cinnamon — the strangest and most extraordinary stuffed pasta in Italy, a medieval sweet-savoury complexity preserved in the Alps

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