dumplings – Ale Gambini

October 18, 2016January 5, 2017Primi Piatti

Gnocchetti Della Valchiavenna (Valchiavenna Milk And Bread Dumplings)

Gnocchetti della Valchiavenna, also known as Pizzoccheri della Valchiavenna (Valchiavenna Pizzoccheri ), are delicious tiny dumplings made with stale bread, flour, milk and tossed with Valtellina Casera cheese, Grana padano cheese, browned butter and sage sauce. Traditionally they were shaped with the help of two teaspoons, I personally love to shape them with the spaetzle […]

May 11, 2015May 11, 2015Primi Piatti

Pisarei E Faso’

Pisarei e Faso’ are flour and bread crumbs dumplings tossed with a sauce made of beans, pancetta (bacon), onion and tomato. Originally from the city of Piacenza (Emilia-Romagna region), this dish is the symbol of the Piacenza cuisine. As many of the old country recipes, the ingredients of this dish are poor and simple, but […]