Stuffed
Stuffed pasta inverts the rules. Everywhere else the sauce carries the flavor and the pasta carries the sauce. Here the flavor is sealed inside, and the dough exists to protect it. That is why the family's canonical dressings are the quietest in the repertoire: melted butter with one herb, or broth, the oldest serving method on record. Every region folds its parcels differently and names them jealously. The geometry varies, the principle never does: do not bury the filling.
Compare the family
| Shape | Section | Cook (min) | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnolotti | square pillow (smaller rectangular form for del plin) | 3 | smooth |
| Cappelletti | filled hat-shaped parcel | 4 | smooth |
| Caramelle | candy-wrapper filled parcel pinched at both ends | 2-3 | smooth |
| Culurgiones | pleated parcel with a wheat-ear seam | n/a | smooth |
| Mezzelune | half-moon filled parcel | 3-4 | smooth |
| Ravioli | two sheets sealed around a filling, square or round | 3-6 | smooth |
| Tortellini | sealed ring, a square of sfoglia folded into a triangle over the filling, then wrapped around the finger and pinched closed | 3 | smooth |
| Tortelloni | square folded into a stuffed parcel | 3-5 | smooth |
