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Cattivella

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10195 E 29th Ave Ste 110
Denver, CO 80238
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Agnolotti dal Plin

An iconic dish from Piemonte, Agnolotti del Plin gets its name from the regional dialect for "pinch," which is how you made the pasta. To form each agnolotto, you pinch two sheets of pasta together, or "fare il plin," to create the small pouches

Agrodolce

sweet and sour

Bagna de L'infern

salsa dell'inferno, or bath in hell, hot sauce made with tomato, chili, garlic and anchovy from the Piedmont region

Batsoa

means silk stockings, traditional Langhe dish of pickled and fried pigs feet meat

Burrata

Means buttered, is a fresh Italian cheese made from mozzarella and cream. The outer shell is solid mozzarella, while the inside contains stracciatella and cream, giving it an unusual, soft texture

Chitarra

Guitar, refers to pasta that is long but square in width. Historically it comes from pressing pasta through guitar strings

Cornicione

the outer crust of a pizza. Neapolitan pizza must have a soft and airy but full cornicione to be authentic

Coppa

Cured whole pic muscle from the shoulder. We smoke ours

Crudo

means raw

Fattoria Piatto

Farm Plate

Finocchiona

fennel flavored salumi

Focaccia di Recco

Bread of Recco. This dish has an ancient history dating back to the Third Crusade (1189–1192). During this time, Marauders would invade Italian towns and steal from the villagers. When the villagers of the town of Recco would hear that theses bandits were heading their way, they would grab ingredients that wouldn't spoil, crescenza, flour, water and olive oil and head to the mountains to hide. These items would be used to create the famous dish to sustain them until the marauders left

Gnocchi

Dumpling. The word gnocchi is thought to come from nocca, which means knuckles, or from the Lombard word knohha, which means knot (such as wood knot) or walnut—all words that imply the small, tight, rounded shape of gnocchi that we know today

Gnudi

Naked. Refers to a pasta made with the filling of a ravioli but not wrapped in pasta

Gremolata

A chopped herb, citrus, condiment for meats

Lumache

Snail. Shaped pasta

Nduja

a spicy calabrian sausage that is spreadable

Paccheri

a type of pasta in the shape of a very large tube, originating from Campania and Calabria. They are generally smooth, but there is also a ribbed version, paccheri millerighe. They can be served stuffed or not

Pappardelle

long wide flat ribbon pasta. Comes from the verb Pappare which means to gobble

Pasticcio

means mess. Dish originates as a birthday dish for the Queen of Florence, Catherine di Medici during the Renaissance period. She married French King Henry II and moved to France. History says that she was so depressed by the barbaric way that the French still ate their food...with their hands. The Italians had invented the two prong fork so seeing them eat with the dirty greasy hands appalled her. It is said that all the chefs she brought from Florence decided to create a dish with a little bit of everything she loved. Meatballs, cheese tortellini, bolognese sauce and savory pie crust. It is said they prebaked a pie crust and pie crust dome in which they placed live birds. Once presented to the Queen, they cracked the pie dome to free the birds

Piadina

Italian Flatbread similar to pizza dough

Pilacca

spicy fermented red chili sauce from Bari Vecchia Puglia Region of Italy

Sgagliozze

fried polenta is a famous street food that is popular in Bari Vecchia in Puglia

Speck

smoked, is the most treasured food product of the sudtirol, a distinctly flavored, smoked, cured ham that represents well the characher of the alto adige's cuisine Much lighter in flavor than the heavily smoked hams found north of the alps, but more robust than the delicate, mediterranean- influence proscuitto

Spigarello

wild green that looks like broccoli but it is in the kale family

Stracciatella

means rags or stretched, stretched fresh buffalo curd
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10195 E 29th Ave Ste 110
Denver, CO 80238
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303-645-3779
http://www.cattivelladenver.com/
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Hours

Monday:
4:00pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday:
4:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday:
4:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday:
4:00pm - 10:00pm
Friday:
4:00pm - 10:00pm
Saturday:
4:00pm - 10:00pm
Sunday:
4:00pm - 9:00pm