Traditional Italian Carnian Cjarsons Story of the Dish Cjarsons are one of the most distinctive dishes of Carnia, in the mountainous northern part of Friuli Venezia Giulia. At first glance they resemble filled ravioli, but their character is completely different from the better-known stuffed pastas of Emilia-Romagna or Piedmont. The filling can bring together potatoes, fresh or dried herbs, ricotta, raisins, cinnamon, cocoa, dried fruit, and other ingredients that cross the u

Traditional Italian Friulian Plum Gnocchi Story of the Dish Gnocchi di Susine, known around Trieste and parts of Friuli Venezia Giulia as gnocchi de susini, show the Central European side of Northeastern Italian cooking. The dish brings together the potato dumpling tradition of Italy with the fruit filled dumplings found across the former Austro Hungarian world. Their character is intentionally balanced between sweet and savory: tender potato dough surrounds a whole prune plu

Traditional Italian Prune Tart Story of the Dish Crostata di Prugne is a rustic Italian fruit tart built on pasta frolla, the tender shortcrust dough used throughout Italy for crostate, jam tarts, and filled pastries. With plums, the challenge is moisture. Ripe fruit releases juice as it bakes, so the crust must be structured enough to stay crisp while the filling becomes soft and concentrated. The best plums for this tart are ripe but still firm. Very soft fruit collapses to