Malfatti

The following recipe is called Malfatti which apparently means badly made, but the author of the old book speculated that it may have come about after a batch of ravioli, tortellini or similar pasta-wrapped dumplings fell apart, losing their skins.

What I cooked last night. 2006

The following recipe is called Malfatti which apparently means badly made, but the author of the old book speculated that it may have come about after a batch of ravioli, tortellini or similar pasta-wrapped dumplings fell apart, losing their skins.

Archive 2006-08-01 2006

Malfatti gives himself useless trouble in trying to convince me that the artist is, or ought to be, a cosmopolitan.

Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

Mechetti, who wished to surprise him [Malfatti], persuaded the Misses Emmering and Lutzer, and the Messrs. Wild,

Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

Malfatti has gone with his family into the country.

Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

Malfatti, Dr., a celebrated surgeon in Vienna; Beethoven under his treatment in 1814.

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 Wallace, Lady 1866

Malfatti [2] is resolved that I shall go to Toeplitz, which is anything but agreeable to me.

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Vol. 1 of 2 Wallace, Lady 1866

Now, as to wine, Malfatti wished me to drink moselle, but declared that no genuine moselle could be got here; so he gave me several bottles of Krumbholzkirchner, [1] deeming this best for my health, as no really good moselle is to be had.

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 Wallace, Lady 1866

On the back of the note, in another writing (probably Schindler's), the receipt is given in pencil for the bath with hay steeped in it, ordered by Malfatti, which the poor invalid thought had saved his life.

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 Wallace, Lady 1866

Malfatti is a pasta dish that uses all the pasta scraps laying around in the kitchen mashed together in a big yummy gnocchi.

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