Ricettario d'Italia

In breve

The dish in short

  • Here a dough of boiled, sieved potatoes with a little 00 flour and an egg (elsewhere flour and water), cut into 7 cm discs and folded into half-moons.
  • This valley's filling, the pistùm, is savoury and sweet at once: potato, smoked ricotta and herbs, with sultanas, cocoa, sugar, jam, fruit and cinnamon.
  • Boiled until they float, then dressed with melted butter, grated smoked ricotta and a dusting of cinnamon.
  • No meat: in Carnia they are a meatless dish for feast days.

Il video, Val del But (Carnia), Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Cjarsons

The video: Carnia's filled half-moons, here of potato dough with a sweet and savoury filling

The filled pasta of Carnia as made in the Val del But: discs of potato dough folded over a filling of potato, smoked ricotta and herbs sweetened with sultanas, cocoa, fruit and cinnamon, boiled and dressed with melted butter and smoked ricotta. The video is an illustration; the recipe has the exact quantities, temperatures and times.

Serves
6
Hands-on
2 h 5 min
Cooking
53 min
Video
11 s

Passo dopo passo

The steps, in photos

The video shows the main moments; these are all 15 steps, as in the recipe.

Photos of steps 1, 2, 3
1Boil all the potatoes2Peel and sieve them while hot3Chop and fry the herbs
Photos of steps 4, 5, 6
4Mix the filling5Chill the filling6Let the potatoes cool
Photos of steps 7, 8, 9
7Make the dough8Roll it out9Cut the discs
Photos of steps 10, 11, 12
10Fill and fold11Shape the rest12Bring the water to the boil
Photos of steps 13, 14, 15
13Melt the butter, grate the ricotta14Cook the cjarsons in batches15Dress and serve

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