THE passatelli, simplicity and goodness, pampering and family. They are one of the most famous and prepared first courses of Emilia-Romagna, of the northern part of the Marche and part of Umbria. Authentic masterpiece of poor kitchenpassatelli are prepared with simple ingredients, recovered with a recipe simple but always an amazing result.

What tool do you use to make passatelli?

There’s a reason passatelli are called that. The name passatelli derives from iron that is used to prepare them, the so-called “pasaden fer” in Romagna dialect, one instrument very similar to a potato masher, slightly convex and with holes in it diameter it must be 4 millimeters. The thickness in fact, passatelli is one of the great secrets to preparing a perfect dish.

In addition to the thickness, the thickness is also very important length of the pasta homemade: it must be more than 4 centimeters and not exceed 6. The ideal seasoning? Naturally a rich man beef brothstrictly homemade.

Which bread is used to make passatelli?

The better bread to prepare them? A very dry bread, unseasoned and unsalted, like the typical Tuscan fool bread, to be finely grated for a perfect result. This is because Parmesan is already very salty and with particularly savory bread you would risk obtaining a mixture that is excessively rich in salt.

How much parmesan is needed for passatelli?

How much Parmigiano Reggiano to use? Depending on the quantity of passatelli you want to prepare, you need to keep one in mind rule which we could define as golden: the proportion of breadcrumbs and parmesan must be approximately 40 g of each for each egg.

Passatelli: the recipe

Ingredients

• 120 g of breadcrumbs
• 120 g of grated parmesan
• 1 tablespoon of flour
• 2 whole eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• grated peel of one lemon
• salt and pepper

Method

1. Unite all all ingredients in a fairly large container e.g mix vigorously until you obtain a homogeneous mixture without lumps.
2. After dividing the dough into several parts, with the help of traditional iron (definitely recommended option) – or a potato masher or a pasta machine – work it with the iron and let the pasta fall onto a tray covered with a little flour. Let them rest in the fridge for about an hour and a half.
3. In the meantime, you can prepare a tasty meat broth where cook the passatelli. It only takes a few minutes to cook: they will be ready when they come to the surface. They should be drained little by little, with extreme care, perhaps using a ladle perforated and must be served immediately and eaten piping hotsprinkled with a little parmesan and pepper.

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