Filled pasta
Cappelletti
Quick answer
Cappelletti are hat-shaped filled pasta similar to tortellini.
Cappelletti means "little hats" in Italian.
Best sauces: capon broth. 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
- Filled
- Origin
- Emilia-Romagna / Marche
- Best with
- capon broth
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