Every corner of Italy has its own culinary traditions, from carbonara in Rome to tortellini in Bologna. Winter Olympics co-host Cortina dโAmpezzo's signature dish is the colorful, stuffed pasta known as casunziei.
The ravioli-type dish, also known as casunziei allโAmpezzana, consists of homemade half-moon-shaped pasta filled with boiled beets, topped with a sauce of melted butter, Parmesan cheese and poppy seeds.
Itโs a simple dish that harks back to the Alpine region's poorer past โ long before Cortina transformed into a winter playground for the international jet set.
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