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  • noun A type of hand-rolled dumpling, or gnocchi

Etymologies

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From the Italian

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Examples

  • At Telepan on the Upper West Side, Bill Telepan uses the greens in pierogis, while East Village chef Marco Canora of Hearth blanches the greens, squeezes them dry, and mixes them with ricotta, Parmesan and nutmeg to make malfatti, a kind of messy ravioli.

    No Blood Spilled in This Top to Tail Nancy Matsumoto 2011

  • Raves for the stracciatella, the pollo alla diavola (crispy-skinned chicken with zingy chili flavoring) and the malfatti al Maialino (suckling pig ragu) with arugula.

    Fact And Comment 2010

  • Raves for the stracciatella, the pollo alla diavola (crispy-skinned chicken with zingy chili flavoring) and the malfatti al Maialino (suckling pig ragu) with arugula.

    Fact And Comment 2010

  • Raves for the stracciatella, the pollo alla diavola (crispy-skinned chicken with zingy chili flavoring) and the malfatti al Maialino (suckling pig ragu) with arugula.

    Restaurants: Go, Consider, Stop 2010

  • She'd also made malfatti pasta with homemade pesto, roasted chickens, roast fennel, lentils with cumin and yoghurt, potatos with garlic and...ummm...other wondrous things.

    The Tuscan Countryside Niki 2006

  • She'd also made malfatti pasta with homemade pesto, roasted chickens, roast fennel, lentils with cumin and yoghurt, potatos with garlic and...ummm...other wondrous things.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Niki 2006

  • The Signature Room's bacon pastrami, and Piccolo Sogno's malfatti all'amatriciana.

    Serious Eats Daniel Zemans 2010

  • Especially gnocchi malfatti, if you know them: you take portions of dough with a spoon and drop them into boiling water.

    reddit.com: what's new online! 2010

  • Mr. Anderer turns the legs of his suckling pigs into soft braised meat for a perfect pasta dish of torn shreds of malfatti mixed with arugula, nutty and sweet.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • The people voted and awarded the Golden Rasher for most creative use of bacon in Shift Two. presented malfatti all'amatriciana, which is pillowy ricotta gnocchi (no potato at all) in a tomato-based sauce with house-cured pancetta, red onion and fresh marjoram.

    Serious Eats Daniel Zemans 2010

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