Dumpling pasta
Canederli
Quick answer
Canederli are large bread dumplings with speck or cheese.
Canederli means "from the German Knödel" in Italian.
Best sauces: broth, melted butter. Match the shape to the sauce — long thin pasta for oil and light sauces, tubes and ridges for chunky or meaty sauces, flat egg ribbons for rich ragù and butter.
- Type
- Dumpling
- Origin
- Trentino-Alto Adige
- Best with
- broth, melted butter
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