page_title: Tortelli cremaschi
section_title: Shape
hierarchical_section_title: Tortelli cremaschi / Shape
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Aspetto dei tortelli cremaschi da crudi
context_page_description: Tortelli cremaschi represents the main dish of the local culinary tradition cremasca. While tortelli typically have a savoury filling, that of tortelli cremaschi is sweet and cannot be found elsewhere in Italy.
context_section_description: It appears that the shape of the tortelli is unique in Italian gastronomy: a small amount of filling is placed in the middle of a small circle of dough, which is then folded over into a half-moon, the edges superimposed by hand and pinched together to create five crests. In some villages, people make them in a square and use a fork to press them closed, but this does not conform to the tradition. The "cremaschi" of ancient times said that the use of the fork was used by countrymen to save money, in that there would have been no waste of dough.
caption: Tortelli cremaschi, uncooked
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "", "Image Make": "SONY", "Image Model": "CYBERSHOT", "Image Orientation": "0", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image DateTime": "2007:03:04 13:18:05", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "217", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "810", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "4730", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/40", "EXIF FNumber": "16/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "100", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0210", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2007:03:04 13:18:05", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2007:03:04 13:18:05", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "2", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "3", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Fluorescent", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "46/5", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1280", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "960", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "686", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF ImageUniqueID": "deb65bb1205dd757ac9d4793a5ae3db5"}