The World in Pumpkin Dishes
| October 25, 2017
Sorrentinos de Calabaza
Sorrentinos de calabaza comes from Argentina, but it originated in Italy before being adapted over the years. In its most basic form, this dish consists of pumpkin (the calabaza part of the dish) which is cooked and stuffed into dumplings that look like a large kind of ravioli shell. The ravioli is briefly simmered in boiling water and then served with a sumptuous butter sauce, which is drizzled over the pumpkin dumplings.
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