Puglia · vegetable · medium
Best pasta for cime di rapa
Turnip greens with garlic, anchovy, and chili. The Puglian classic. Orecchiette, whose cups hold the greens.
- Region
- Puglia
- Base
- Vegetable
- Texture
- Medium
- Shapes that hold it
- 3
- Classic plates
- 2
What it asks of a shape
Cime di rapa is a medium vegetable-based sauce. It wants a cup or a shell, to scoop the pieces, and a rough bronze-die surface, which holds an oil or a thin sauce. The ranking below scores every profiled shape on those traits, then the shape's own sauce notes break the ties.
About rapini
No article covers this exact sauce. On rapini in general:
Rapini is a green cruciferous vegetable, with the leaves, buds, and stems all being edible; the buds somewhat resemble broccoli. Rapini is known for its bitter taste, and is particularly associated with Mediterranean cuisine. It is a particularly rich dietary source of vitamin K.
3 shapes that hold it
Capunti
Hand-formed · Puglia
Three hollows in a chewy piece, so it carries greens, beans, and a sausage sauce.
Orecchiette
Hand-formed · Puglia
A rough cup with a thick centre and a thin rim.
Cavatelli
Hand-formed · Puglia
A dense chewy shell with a hollow, so it carries a ragu, broccoli or greens with garlic, a sausage sauce, and beans.
Classic plates with cime di rapa
Every dish in the shape profiles that names this sauce, with the shape it is made on.
- Capunti con le cime di rapaCapunti
- Orecchiette con le cime di rapaOrecchiette
Sources
- The ranking and the sauce notes are our editorial judgement, from the traits in each shape record. See the method.
- Rapini, Wikipedia (summary, ingredients, origin), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q702282.