Cavatelli

Cavatelli

Uncooked cavatelli
Type Pasta
Place of origin Italy
Cookbook: Cavatelli  Media: Cavatelli
Dry capunti, a variety of cavatelli from Apulia

Cavatelli [kavaˈtɛlli] are small pasta shells that look like miniature hot dog buns.[1] Cavatelli literally means "little hollows".[lower-alpha 1] Ricotta cavatelli adds ricotta cheese to the dough mix.[1]

A dish of cavatelli

Regional names and varieties

Many varieties and local names of Cavatelli exist, including orecchie di prete (priest's ears).[2] In Apulia a number of varieties of Cavatelli have specific names including pizzicarieddi.[2] In parts of Campania, they can be called parmarieddo.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Cognate to English cave and cavity.

References

  1. 1 2 "Pasta Shapes". Cook's Thesaurus. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 De Vita, Oretta Zanini (2009). Encyclopedia of Pasta. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 73.
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