residents of Emilia-Romagna have disagreed about which of its two main cities invented tortellini
I'm seated at the three-Michelin starred Osteria Francescana, and can't believe my luck. It's been eight years since I first attempted to snag a reservation at the coveted restaurant in Modena, Italy, helmed by Massimo Bottura
one of the world's most influential chefs
I've been to Italy nearly 50 times since 2016
I saw a 12:30 lunch cancellation and pounced
in a world of chic Gucci wallpaper and dim lighting
about to try the famous 15-course tasting menu for myself
I'm savouring "Tortellini or Dumplings?" – a Korean spin on tortellini in brodo (tortellini soup) where Osteria Francescana serves twisted dumplings in seaweed stock instead of traditional capon broth – when Bottura himself walks in
The desire to eat at one of the world's best restaurants is what initially piqued my interest in this place
but what brought me here tonight is the delicious bite on my spoon: tortellini
I am sure Bottura knows; he's not only from Modena
but is also famed for his innovative tortellini dishes
inspired by childhood memories of sitting under his grandmother's table as she prepared the meaty morsels
I asked him where tortellini were invented: Modena or Bologna
"It's Castelfranco Emilia."
Castelfranco Emilia is a small town located between Modena and Bologna
It is indeed famous for its sfogline (pasta makers)
but this was the first I'd heard of its connection to tortellini
I left Osteria Francescana with more questions than answers
The "Modena-versus-Bologna" tortellini debate had intrigued me ever since visiting the Palazzo Comunale di Modena; home to the Stolen Bucket
This was where I first learned that Modena and Bologna's feud goes back to the Middle Ages when the cities were entwined in a bitter religious rivalry that lasted more than 300 years (Modena supported the Holy Roman Empire; Bologna supported the Popes)
Modenese soldiers stole a bucket from a city well in Bologna; a war trophy
What follows next is delicious myth: in 1622
Modenese poet Alessandro Tassoni wrote La Secchia Rapita (The Stolen Bucket)
a parody of the events where the Olympic gods descend to aid in the fight; Apollo and Minerva sided with Bologna
Italian poet Giuseppe Ceri nodded to Tassoni and the medieval-era Modena-Bologna-bucket conflict in his own poem
writing that after the gods came down to intervene
The fateful side trip results in tortellini
but the most popular version goes like this: Venus
Bacchus and Mars walk into an inn in Castelfranco Emilia
peeps through the keyhole and sees her exposed belly button
What's unclear is whether there is any historical truth that led Ceri to set this scene in Castelfranco Emilia
the priest and historian Ludovico Antonio Muratori wrote that he ate minestra di tortellini (tortellini soup) in Castelfranco Emilia
It may be impossible to prove that tortellini were in fact native to that city (or that Ceri had ever read the account)
there is a statue of the innkeeper peeping through the keyhole to see Venus' belly button
"The idea of [tortellini] was born in a small village, Castelfranco Emilia, in between Bologna and Modena," said chef Aurora Mazzucchelli of Casa Mazzucchelli
a Michelin-star restaurant in Sasso Marconi
when I asked her where tortellini were invented
"The debate has been settled," said chef Ottavio Gnazzo, the chef de cuisine at Rezdôra
a New York restaurant serving Emilia-Romagnan cuisine helmed by Bottura mentee chef Stefano Secchi
"We know tortellini comes from Castelfranco Emilia."
despite the general consensus that Castelfranco Emilia is the beloved pasta's birthplace
"We are sure that tortellini come from Bologna," said Monica Venturi of Bologna's Le Sfogline
where her family has been running the small handmade pasta shop since 1996
"When tortellini were made for the first time
Castelfranco Emilia was under Bologna."
Secchi himself doesn't necessarily disagree but adds context
"The issue is that tortellini were first made in Castelfranco Emilia
[We know of] the legend of Venus's bellybutton
but Castelfranco Emilia has been a province of both Modena and Bologna
so [it] will be tough to ultimately decide."
Its exact geographical origins aren't the only dispute surrounding this stuffed pasta
tortellini are often much smaller than tortellini from Modena and Castelfranco Emilia; called tortellini al mignolo (pinky finger tortellini)
they normally use cooked [browned in butter] filling," added Mazzucchelli
"I personally like raw stuffing because it allows me to work with a more solid texture."
Back in Modena, Francesco Vincenzi is head chef of Franceschetta58
a casual bistro opened by Bottura that serves bold
so Vincenzi has a different take on the recipe
"Our tortellini filling is not quite blanched
tortellini are served in brodo (broth) or panna (heavy cream) but restaurants like Francescetta58 are serving them in a decadent Parmigiano cream instead; a shock to tortellini purists
"I don't like when they try to change the recipe of this type of tradition," Venturi said
"Tortellini must be cooked in the broth
boiled and then eaten with the broth."
there is one factor that Emilia-Romagnans generally agree on: making tortellini is a family affair
The task is largely attributed to the rezdôra
which refers to the women who roll out pasta by hand
who was born in the US but raised in Italy
grew up in the kitchen watching his father; also a chef
He reflected on watching rezdôre in Bologna for the first time
"They're masters at making pasta
so when I went to Bologna and saw them making tortellini
and we made it there; the right way in capon stock," he said
Mazzucchelli has fond early memories of tortellini
"I used to make tortellini with my mom and dad
It was a significant moment around the table to help pinch shut the tortellini."
with each night featuring a tortellini dish from a restaurant in the region
there's a live performance that reenacts the innkeeper peeping through the keyhole
As evidenced by his "Tortellini or Dumplings?" and "Tortellini Walking on Broth" dishes, Bottura has no qualms about reinventing the beloved pasta. But to ensure that tortellini tradition isn't lost, Bottura and his wife and business partner Lara Gilmore opened Tortellante
a cooking school in Modena where elderly women teach young adults with autism how to make tortellini
but one thing is certain: tortellini is one of the most defining foods of the Emilia-Romagna region
"Even if you don't believe in God
by Chef Ottavio Gnazzo on behalf of Rezdôra
281g 00 flour (about 1 1/2 cups & 2 tbsp)
pat into a flat disc or ball and wrap with plastic wrap
Leave at room temperature until ready to roll out
Add all the meats to a grinder on fine die setting and grind together
Roll out the dough into a sheet to the last setting on the machine; it must be thin enough to slightly see the wooden board or hand underneath
Cut 1.5-2in squares in the dough with a wheel cutter with straight edges
Place a dot of filling in the centre of each square
Fold each square into a triangle by putting pressure on the edges to properly seal the triangle
wrap it around the tip of your pinky and pinch it so it closes
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It probably comes as no surprise to anyone who's been to Italy or hung out with Italians that they take their food very
It's a point of national pride and fierce loyalty
and there are governmental regulations to prove it
Italy has more protected wines than any other European country
and hundreds of regional food products have "protected status." Needless to say
and the tortellini is one that's fiercely contested
Tortellini is known for its circular shape
Everyone can agree that the pasta hails from Emilia-Romagna
arguably the gastronomic center for Italy's culinary heritage
But the battle over tortellini's origin has been going on for centuries between the northern region's two main cities
when the cities quarreled about (what else?) religion
along with some satirical poetry and a visit from a few Roman deities
The legend goes that Venus came down to intervene in the squabble and
was spied on by a slightly creepy innkeeper
Said innkeeper was then inspired to make a pasta shape based on her belly button — hence
Italians might agree that the Roman gods were hanging out in the Emilia-Romagna region
but as far as the exact city that birthed the "Goddess of Love's" pasta
many lauded Italian chefs (some with multiple Michelin stars) have publicly claimed that tortellini comes from a small town located between the two rival cities: Castelfranco Emilia
The town even erected a statue of the innkeeper sneak-peeking at Venus and hosts a week-long Tortellini Festival in September
even the region's tourism website states that Castelfranco is the pasta's rightful birthplace
you just might need to book a plane ticket to Italia and taste authentic tortellini for yourself
by Lo Staff /// October 24
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By some estimates, there are nearly a dozen distinct pasta dishes that hail specifically from Emilia Romagna, the northern region of Italy nicknamed the Food Valley for its vast collection of PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) and PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) products
below is a list of the five most popular pastas from Emilia-Romagna that you most likely have come across
the town hosts a Tortellino Festival each September
Fun Fact: Urban legend has it that the shape was inspired by Venus’s belly button
Try it yourself: The “official recipe” has been filed with the Bologna Chamber of Commerce by the Dotta Confraternita del Tortellino
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and the use of tomatoes and the practice of layering lasagna did not appear until the nineteenth century
Try it yourself: The “official” recipe mandates the use of egg pasta dough with spinach
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is one of the most famous recipes in Italian cuisine
Their shape is reminiscent of the “galoza”
a winged headdress worn by Italian country people
making it especially appreciated by locals
The recipe involves the preparation of the classic pasta with flour
resulting in hand-rolled dough that is cut into squares and folded
preparation took place the evening before the meal and the Cappelletti were handmade “one by one” involving all the women and children of the house; fillings vary based on region
with some areas not filling the dough at all
sized differently and typically contains meat
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Even in Sandro Botticelli's painting The Birth of Venus
Tortellini — small circles of rolled dough folded around a filling — are one of the most renowned members of the Italian pasta family
the region near the Italian city of Bologna
they're strictly served as broth-like dumplings
Possibly no foodstuff in Italian cuisine is surrounded by so much history and lore
shows off a ceramic version of a tortellino during the town's annual celebration of the pasta's nameless inventor
Legend has it that Venus, the goddess of love, once stayed at the local tavern in the town of Castelfranco Emilia
halfway between the gastronomic giants Bologna and Modena
The innkeeper spied on his guest through the keyhole of her room and got a partial glimpse of her
rolled out a sheet of fresh egg pasta and invented a shape inspired by Venus' navel
Castelfranco Emilia celebrates its favorite son — the nameless inventor of the most sensual of all pasta shapes
flag-throwers and local residents parade through town dressed in elaborate Renaissance costumes
the legend of the peeping-Tom innkeeper is more or less re-enacted
The mood is festive and suitable for children
"Inspired by the sight of the divine navel," the master of ceremonies intones
the first known tortellino recipe dates to 1570
Gianni degli Angeli is the president of the San Nicola Association
which has taken on the task of safeguarding the local region's renowned culinary traditions
1 symbol of the local gastronomic culture is the tortellino
because the filling is made of costly ingredients like prosciutto and parmesan cheese," he says
Tortellini are an integral part of family life in the Emilia region
chef and owner of a three-Michelin-star restaurant in Modena
"I grew up under the kitchen table escaping my older brothers at my grandmother's
demonstrate how they prepared 180 kilograms of tortellini for the 2012 London Olympics
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At an international gathering of famous chefs
he said that tortellini bring out a competitive spirit
"Every family has its own recipe for tortellini
There are more discussions about tortellini in our family
Politics and soccer are way outranked in Emilia by the desire to eat well — very well
Making tortellini is an elaborate operation and has long been the domain of women known as sfogline
the sheet of fresh egg pasta that is painstakingly rolled out by hand
and she's been a sfoglina for some 50 years
"Grandmothers and mothers handed down the tradition to daughters and granddaughters
We started when we were 7 or 8 years old," she says
we learned to roll and then to cut the pasta
We had to be careful not to cut our fingers."
making fresh egg pasta was an activity that involved the entire family
"It was an occasion for socialization," she says
Battistini gives us a demonstration on a wooden tabletop
"We make a crater in the center of the flour
and we break the eggs in the center and whisk briskly with a fork."
Battistini then starts mixing and scraping
and kneading the dough mostly with the palm of her hands — for at least 10 minutes
Once it's smooth and in the shape of a ball
she sets it aside to rest and starts on the filling
as she stretches the dough over and over again with a rolling pin until it forms a large paper-thin sheet
Battistini starts cutting it in strips and then into little squares 3 centimeters per side
then rolls it around her index finger — out comes the belly-button shaped dumpling
Battistini has little patience for culinary experimentation and observes a rigid dogma in the kitchen
Hand-made tortelloni – the larger size — are displayed at a grocery store in Castelfranco Emilia
"The tortellino can only be served in broth
but then they're killing the taste of the filling."
a young man seeking a wife wanted first and foremost a master sfoglina
and many no longer know how to make fresh egg pasta
The art of making tortellino is endangered
Now, a group of young graphic designers from Modena has produced an app to safeguard the art of making tortellino
its history and the role in plays in the local culture
Lucia Barbieri says it's aimed at teaching everyone how to make tortellini
men are showing a keen interest in making tortellino," Barbieri says
"When I get together with a group of friends to make pasta
the men are always most enthusiastic as they learn an art that always belonged to women alone."
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"I try to unite the Italian quality of food — the best
middle-aged women enter the shop circumspectly and
probably hoping nobody will recognize them
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The latest event was the Motori & Sapori Supercar Gathering 2013
Matteo recently showed us the “Believe Me Crazy” Supercar Gathering held in Cremona is a small city in the Lombardy region of northern Italy
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Pagani and not far from Lamborghini and Ferrari homes
This year’s event was attended by various cars including the Ferrari 275 GTB4
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a typical Italian food and also where lambrusco wine is produced can also host the world’s most exotic supercars
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must be beautiful and functional at the same time
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and it is an ideal continuation of the suggestions of Horacio Pagani’s home
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she duly tied the knot with mechanic Luigi Strada
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she completed the 204-km / 127-mile course (unlike some of the men)
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Alfonsina more than did herself justice on the early stages
She earned respectable finishes on the Milan–Genoa
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This vision led to the creation of a place where refinement and elegance blend in an informal and welcoming setting
inspired by famous global dining examples like Barcelona's Tickets
Zanasi's career is distinguished by a series of significant experiences alongside some of the most important names in the Italian and international culinary panorama
After gaining experience working closely with chef Moreno Cedroni for nearly a decade
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His skill in creating dishes that reflect a perfect balance between innovation and typicality earned him the "Best Sous Chef of the Year" award in 2011
The Condividere project was born from Bob Noto's intuition and developed thanks to the creative contribution of prominent figures like Ferran Adrià
Zanasi emerges as the conductor capable of harmonizing high-quality ingredients with avant-garde techniques
creating a menu that is a journey through authentic flavors and gastronomic innovations
Zanasi's cuisine is based on a deep study of Italian ingredients
This dedication translated into the attainment of the first Michelin star for Condividere in 2020
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confirming its role as a benchmark in the gastronomic landscape
which focuses on the accessibility of haute cuisine
reflects a "democratic" approach to gastronomy
This has not only been successful among culinary enthusiasts but has also helped redefine the concept of quality dining
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combining respect for roots with a constant search for innovation
Condividere represents a turning point for Turin's gastronomic scene
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The following footage shows a 458 Italia doing a burnout during the 2011 Motori & Sapori event in Italy
every year a large Italian supercar meeting is held
No place is better than “Motor Valley” to gather so many cars
especially when a prancing horse burns some rubber
The Ferrari 458 Italia doesn’t need any introduction
The F458 is the latest in the line-up and uses a 4.5 liter V8 engine with 570hp and 540Nm of torque
0-100km/h in 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 325km/h (202mph)
[Full video via our friends at Italiansupercar.net]
I still like the sound of the F430s better
they sound like more like a scream than a harmonious growl of the 458
At the recent Motori & Sapori supercar event held in Castelfranco Emilia in Modena
Pagani brought along two stunning Huayra prototypes and this lime matte green example caught our eye
Interestingly, this Pagani Huayra isn’t a customer car
it is prototype number 3 and was specifically used in the development of the Italian supercar to test out the electrical components
Originally finished in matte black with gold wheels
the car was used during hot weather testing in South Africa as well as many other places around the world under camouflage
Just recently it received its bright green wrap courtesy of Car Wrapping Milano
It also features lime green brake calipers as well as a selection of matte black accents around the rear bumper and diffuser area
this Huayra prototype is powered by a twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter AMG-sourced V10 engine just like all other Huayars
This brand new powertrain developed specifically for the car manages to produce 720 hp
single clutch automated manual gearbox created by the geniuses over at Xtrac
the Huayra can launch to 100 km/h from a standstill in around 3 seconds flat and carry onto a claimed top speed of 370 km/h
[Via Prototype Zero]
The Palazzo Ducale in Sassuolo presents Lawrence Beck ’s (New York
1962) exhibition"Dialogue with Antiquity" to the public until September 2
2018.On display are eight large-scale photographs depicting Italian gardens; these are placed in dialogue with masterpieces of ancient art housed in the Palazzo Ducale
visitors will see Palladio’s Villa Pisani in Stra (VE)
Villa Lante in Viterbo with its wonderful Mannerist garden
a Baroque building that hosts the photographic exhibition
Over the past five years Lawrence Beck has dedicated himself to the theme of gardens
immortalizing them in his large-scale photographs: here the relationship between man and nature is depicted
landscapes within which are great masterpieces of Italian architecture
The exhibition is curated by Martina Bagnoli
For info: www.comune.sassuolo.mo.it
A major retrospective dedicated to this great citizen of Modena
whose explorations are transversal and interdisciplinary
Over the course of a career that spanned more than fifty years he tackled architecture
always working at the boundary between architecture and artistic practice
which Modena’s Galleria Civica is hosting through 4 February 2018 in its Palazzo Santa Margherita and Palazzina dei Giardini di Modena locations
Organised together with the Archivio Architetto Cesare Leonardi (Architect Cesare Leonardi Archives) and curated by Andrea Cavani and Giulio Orsini
the exhibition offers the public a look at the wealth of works and documents that are kept in his home studio
It showcases an entire life dedicated to architecture
starting with parks and public spaces like the Centro Nuoto (swim centre) of Vignola and of Mirandola
Parco Amendola in Modena and later Città degli Alberi (city of trees) of Bosco Albergati in Castelfranco Emilia
which was designed to emulate the flexibility inherent in a modular polygonal mesh capable of adapting to the context called Struttura Reticolare Acentrata (centreless reticular structure)
(Courtesy Archivio Architetto Cesare Leonardi)
Leonardi’s twenty-year study of trees led him to catalogue more than 300 species of tree
gathered together in the volume L’Architettura degli Alberi (The Architecture of Trees) that was published in 1982
But it was design that made him famous while he was still a young man when he partnered professionally with Franca Stagi
thanks to their creation of fibreglass objects like the Nastro armchair
the Guscio armchair and many other pieces of furniture that can be found on display in the most important design museums around the world
from the MoMA in New York to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Centre George Pompidou in Paris
hundreds of prototypes of handcrafted furniture elements whose design began with a single material
the wooden boards used to build concrete formworks
The exhibition also dedicates ample space to the photographic series that accompany all of Leonardo’s works
which he used as a tool for studying and documenting
punctuate the course of the exhibition with the words of the architect and the testimony of collaborators
clients and friends who shared their ideas and projects with him
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue of the same name
that is more than 300 pages in length(Lazy Dog Press
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not once you have experienced the ferocious Pagani Huayra
There’s something very appropriate about driving Pagani’s Huayra in Car India’s seventh anniversary year
it’s hard not to visualise some outlandish piece of exotica – a Ferrari 288 GTO
maybe a Lamborghini Countach – parked up on the flatlands around Modena and Maranello in northern Italy
crumbling farm buildings with terracotta roofs dotting the cornfields that stretch into the distance
You’ll know that the supercar world has changed beyond recognition since those days
Most of the minnows have been swallowed by multi-national whales and
no matter that they’re faster than ever before
Now we’ve just driven the Huayra (it’s ‘why-ra’
after the Aymara God of wind) out of Pagani’s still-independent headquarters in Castelfranco Emilia
a stone’s throw from those other Italian supercar makers
and straight into déjà-vu bedroom-wall country
The police have already pulled us over for a closer inspection
photographer Mark Fagelson feels nauseous after the brutally accelerative forces he’s been subjected to and I’m gradually adapting to the Huayra’s idiosyncrasies
I’m not saying that the Huayra feels like a 1980s supercar or anything
but it certainly channels that spirit in a way I haven’t experienced since the recently departed Lamborghini Murcielago SV
It’s styled so outlandishly that it leaves even Veyrons and Aventadors appearing ever so slightly ordinary and there is an otherworldly theatre to lifting that gullwing door and slipping down into an entirely bespoke cabin of exquisitely finished carbon
before reaching far above your head and pulling the leather strap down hard
Turn the key and squish the accelerator into the floor and the Huayra positively smacks you round the head with its performance
more brutal way of doing this supercar thing
Cues from the Zonda – Pagani’s only other model and the car that the Huayra replaces – abound: that incredibly low scuttle
the foot pedals that resemble power-shower accessories
the air vents that float like inquisitive alien tentacles
hip-hugging seats – still only go back just and so far enough for legs to stretch out if you’re much taller than six feet
but there’s more space between your head and the outer edges of the roof than there once was and
making that reversing camera more necessity than luxury and those excellent masquerade-mask wing mirrors indispensable
if there’s a better production car cockpit in the world
The Huayra is not perfect; an extreme car like this is always going to have flaws
the fact that the cyborg limb of a gearshifter doesn’t feel as tactile as its delicate looks suggest it should
frustrating pause between selecting ‘Comfort’ or ‘Sport’ or ‘Auto’ and the corresponding info flashing up on the dash
These are the kinds of flaws that have been expunged from the Bugatti Veyron
But I know which car I’d sooner drive and I’ve got a Huayra-shaped key in my hand right now
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