From a restaurant, Forlini’s, that unfortunately is no longer in business in NYC. I think about this dish often and need to make it.
What kind of pasta is this made with? Anyone have a recipe for something similar?
by ouchwtfomg
7 Comments
The_Stargazer
It is not store bought pasta. Looks like the rolls were made in the restaurant. You can see the overlap where the pasta was wrapped around to make the roll.
You could get the same effect with stuffed cannelloni pasta. Just slice it into smaller chunks.
DiMaRi13
Those looks folded over and cut lasagne, or cannelloni cut to be of a certain dimension. You can have the same with paccheri (a type of pasta)
rmpbklyn
pasta stuffed orecchetti
C__S__S
I loved Forlini’s! I used to go as a kid and recently (shortly before they closed) ate there. Nothing changed in all the years. So good.
Za-Warudo97
If you were a finicky Italian, you would call this “calamarata”, otherwise they’re “paccheri”
Source: am italian
Edit: spelling
questi0neverythin9
Forlini’s was a (wonderful) Italian-American restaurant, but they did not serve Italian cuisine. This is a thoroughly Italian-American dish that they called “**Panserotti Piacentina**” (sic), which only vaguely resembles its Italian namesake. Forlini’s described this dish as “stuffed rolled crepes in a creamy bolognese sauce.” Their version was what an Italian-American might describe as fresh “small manicotti” (similar to Italian cannelloni) stuffed with ricotta and topped with a creamy bolognese sauce and mozzarella, and baked. This is an Americanized version of rolled lasagne bolognese (“rotoli di lasagne” or “grille di lasagne”; similar to the lasagne at Don Angie). You could easily recreate it using either fresh pasta, like the restaurant used, or calamarata.
In Italy, the original dish (Panzerotti Piacentini) from Piacenza is made using crespelle cannelloni, which are cannelloni made from literal crepes, stuffed with ricotta and spinach, topped with béchamel and parmigiano, and baked.
Although this was delicious, you are asking in the wrong place, try r/ItalianAmerican.
7 Comments
It is not store bought pasta. Looks like the rolls were made in the restaurant. You can see the overlap where the pasta was wrapped around to make the roll.
You could get the same effect with stuffed cannelloni pasta. Just slice it into smaller chunks.
Those looks folded over and cut lasagne, or cannelloni cut to be of a certain dimension. You can have the same with paccheri (a type of pasta)
pasta stuffed orecchetti
I loved Forlini’s! I used to go as a kid and recently (shortly before they closed) ate there. Nothing changed in all the years. So good.
If you were a finicky Italian, you would call this “calamarata”, otherwise they’re “paccheri”
Source: am italian
Edit: spelling
Forlini’s was a (wonderful) Italian-American restaurant, but they did not serve Italian cuisine. This is a thoroughly Italian-American dish that they called “**Panserotti Piacentina**” (sic), which only vaguely resembles its Italian namesake. Forlini’s described this dish as “stuffed rolled crepes in a creamy bolognese sauce.” Their version was what an Italian-American might describe as fresh “small manicotti” (similar to Italian cannelloni) stuffed with ricotta and topped with a creamy bolognese sauce and mozzarella, and baked. This is an Americanized version of rolled lasagne bolognese (“rotoli di lasagne” or “grille di lasagne”; similar to the lasagne at Don Angie). You could easily recreate it using either fresh pasta, like the restaurant used, or calamarata.
In Italy, the original dish (Panzerotti Piacentini) from Piacenza is made using crespelle cannelloni, which are cannelloni made from literal crepes, stuffed with ricotta and spinach, topped with béchamel and parmigiano, and baked.
Although this was delicious, you are asking in the wrong place, try r/ItalianAmerican.
Stuffed Paccheri