Meaning of tagliatella | Babel Free

Definitions

A piece of tagliatelle.

rare

Examples

“In general, the number of eggs in the dough of a raviolo or tortellino is 50 percent less than in a tagliatella.”

“Moreover, the Accademia Italiana della Cucina has defined the correct width of a tagliatella as 8 mm (1/12,270th the height of the Torre degli Asinelli in Bologna) and its proper thickness as 0.6 mm. An official reference tagliatella, cast in solid gold, reposes in the city hall at Bologna (Kasper 1992, 78–79).”

“For centuries the exact width of the tagliatella was argued over, until 1972 when a gastronomic law was passed whereby one tagliatella has to measure one 12,276th part of the height of the Torre degli Asinelli – i.e.8mm! Before it enters the pot, it must be no more than 6.5 or 7mm, so as to allow it to swell to its required 8mm in cooking. Or so the jury finally decided! Anything wider or narrower is NOT a tagliatella, and will have another name!”

“An aliquot of buckwheat flour (generally from 20% to 30%) is added to fine and coarse semolina, and the dough (about 35% moisture) is formed into a tagliatella-shaped pasta form (Pagani, Lucisano, & Mariotti, 2007): the final product is very porous and rough, about 2 mm thick, 0.8 cm wide and 7 cm long.”

“Spaghetti alla Bolognese? What the hell are they??? In Bologna we have no idea since we are used to eat^([sic]) “tagliatelle” with Bolognese meat sauce, ragù, one of our typical dishes. The shape of a tagliatella, thicker and larger than spaghetti, is the best to pick up and taste all the ragù!”

“One tagliatella may lead to another, and when the plate is empty, you clean it up using piadina to sponge up the sauce.”

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