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Agnolini

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Agnolini is an egg based stuffed pasta from the province of Mantua in Lombardy, Italy, traditionally served warm in broth. Its filling combines stracotto, meat braised in white wine, with salamella sausage, pancetta, egg, nutmeg, breadcrumbs and black pepper, encased in an egg pasta dough. The earliest published recipe appeared in 1662 in a cookbook by Bartolomeo Stefani, cook to the Gonzaga court, and the pasta remains central to Mantuan holiday meals, especially served in chicken broth with parmesan on Christmas Eve. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Course
Soup 1
Dietary Suitability
Contains Dairy or Egg 1
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1662 1
Origin Region
Italy 2
Connections

Expresses Tradition

Christmas Feast Traditions, Food Traditions
Source Agnolini (Wikipedia)

In Cuisine

Italian Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Agnolini (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Black Pepper, Ingredients
Source Agnolini (Wikipedia)
Nutmeg, Ingredients
Source Agnolini (Wikipedia)
Pancetta, Ingredients
Source Agnolini (Wikipedia)
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Originated In

Italy

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Source Agnolini (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Agnolini (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph
    Agnolini's recipe was first published in L'arte di ben cucinare (1662) by Bartolomeo Stefani, a cook at the court of the Gonzaga family.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnolini
    It is often eaten in soup or broth.
  • Introduction
    Agnolini (Mantuan dialect: agnulìn or agnulì) is a type of egg-based stuffed pasta originating in the province of Mantua, Italy.
  • Uses Ingredient: Black Pepper, Infobox main_ingredient field: Stracotto with white wine, salamella, pancetta, eggs, nutmeg, breadcrumbs, pepper
  • Uses Ingredient: Nutmeg, Infobox main_ingredient field: Stracotto with white wine, salamella, pancetta, eggs, nutmeg, breadcrumbs, pepper
  • Uses Ingredient: Pancetta, Infobox main_ingredient field: Stracotto with white wine, salamella, pancetta, eggs, nutmeg, breadcrumbs, pepper
  • Expresses Tradition: Christmas Feast Traditions, Lead section
    Served with chicken broth, it is a traditional Mantuan dish on Christmas Eve, alongside other traditional Mantuan dishes such as the agnolini's soup, sorbir d'agnoli, with abundant addition of Parmesan cheese.
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2. Agnolini (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): Italy
Quote, P495 (country of origin): Italy
Italy
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