Ravioli di Carne alla Piemontese con Sugo d'Arrosto
Piedmont
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Origin
Piedmont — Langhe, Monferrato
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Description
Piedmont's Sunday ravioli — a filling of braised beef, pork, and roasted vegetables combined with Parmigiano, eggs, and nutmeg, sealed inside thin egg pasta squares and dressed with the pan juices from the braised meat (sugo d'arrosto). The defining characteristic is the use of the braising liquid itself as the sauce — a liquid already containing all the Maillard and collagen compounds from the braise. This is why Piedmontese families braise meat on Saturday and make ravioli on Sunday: the sugo needs time to cool and concentrate.
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The Thread
—Both are northern Italian filled pasta with a meat-and-cheese filling in a rich cooking liquid — Emilia uses the brodo as the dressing, Piedmont uses the braising juices Emilian
—Small filled pasta dressed in a meat-based cooking liquid — the logic of using the cooking liquid as the pasta sauce is shared across northern Italian and French traditions French
—Filled pasta dressed with a reduced, intensely flavoured meat braising liquid — the principle that the cooking liquid is the most flavourful possible sauce Chinese
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Flavour Context
Rich braised beef-pork filling, nutmeg, sticky meat braising juices — Piedmontese Sunday solemnity in a single bowl
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