Cjarsòns Carnici di Magro con Burro e Formaggio
Friuli-Venezia Giulia — Carnia, Udine province
Carnia's mysterious filled pasta — half-moon dumplings whose filling contains an ingredient list that challenges all culinary logic: potatoes, ricotta, cinnamon, cloves, lemon zest, cocoa, raisins, and sometimes herbs. A sweet-spice-savoury combination that makes this one of the most distinctive pasta preparations in all of Italy. Dressed only with melted butter and grated Carnia smoked ricotta (ricotta affumicata), the simplicity of the dressing allows the complex filling to speak. Origin is mysterious but the spice combination suggests medieval connections to Venetian trade routes.