Soup of "Cappelletti"
A historical recipe from The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well, by Maria Gentile (1919).
A historical recipe
The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well; Practical Recipes of the Italian Cuisine, Pastries, Sweets, Frozen Delicacies, and Syrups, by Maria Gentile (1919). Project Gutenberg eBook #24407.
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From The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well, by Maria Gentile (1919). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #24407 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24407). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
Method
- This Soup is called of "Cappelletti" or "little hats" on account of the shape of the "Cappelletti".
- First a thin sheet of paste is made according to the following directions: The best and most tender paste is made simply of eggs, flour and salt, water may be substituted for part of the eggs, for economy, or when a less rich paste is needed.
- Allow about a cup of flour to an egg.
- Put the flour on a bread board, make a hollow in the middle and break in the egg.
- Use any extra whites that are on hand.
- Knead it thoroughly, adding more flour if necessary, until you have a paste you can roll out.
- Roll it as thin as an eighth of an inch.
- A long rolling pin is necessary, but any stick, well scrubbed and sand papered, will serve in lieu of the long Italian rolling pin.
- Cut from this sheet of paste rounds measuring about three inches in diameter.
- In the middle of each circle place a spoonful of filling that must be made beforehand, composed of cooked meat (chicken, pork or veal) ground very fine and seasoned with grated cheese, grated lemon peel, nutmeg, allspice, salt.
- The ground meat is to be mixed with an equal amount of curds or cottage cheese.
- When the filling is placed in the circle of paste, fold the latter over and moisten the edge of the paste with the finger dipped in water to make it stay securely closed.
- These cappelletti should be cooked in chicken or beef broth until the paste is tender, and served with this broth as a soup.