Cappelletti

Cappelletti may be:

Making cappelletti

• A kind of pasta similar to tortellini, a stuffed pasta. Unlike tortellini, that use a meat-based filling, cappelletti are usually stuffed with Parmigiano-Reggiano, Grana Padano or Robiola. They are typical for Emilia-Romagna, Italy, (Ravenna, Forlì, Cesena, Rimini, Ferrara, Modena, Reggio Emilia).[1]

• An Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ángel Cappelletti, Argentine professor
• Daniel Cappelletti, Italian footballer
• Felice Cappelletti, Italian painter
• Gino Cappelletti, American rule football player
• Giuseppe Cappelletti, 19c scholar of Armenia, Venice, and ecclesiastical subjects
• Joe Cappelletti, voice actor
• John Cappelletti, American rule football player
• Mauro Cappelletti
• Mike Cappelletti (1942–2013), American bridge player and poker authority

• An alternative name, in 15th to 18th century Venice, for the Albanian stradiotti mercenaries, on account of their red hats.

See also

• Cappelletti convention, bidding convention in contract bridge

References

1. El gran libro de la pasta, Everest Editorial. Christian Teubner, Silvio Rizzi, Tan Lee Leng