Don't miss the chef's signature dish: saffron strozzapreti $21 with shrimp. ❋ Unknown (2011)
BLOCK: Well, here's a pasta that must have a story behind the name: strozzapreti. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But I couldn't fine strozzapreti pasta, romano cheese or brined peppercorns. ❋ Sara (2008)
Other pastas sampled were just as accomplished: the little shells in orecchiette Baresi neatly captured a sauce of savory crumbled sausage and broccoli rabe, and ropey strozzapreti "priest stranglers" came with six small but succulent shrimp and a standout parsley pesto. ❋ By M. H. REED (2011)
WHAT WE LIKED Tripe (special), polpette in braghetta, cestino di parmigiano, Sorbillo pizza, orecchiette Baresi, gnocchi, strozzapreti in parsley pesto, double-cut pork chop, tuna (special) with leeks, tiramisu. ❋ By M. H. REED (2011)
Evening meals will begin with a pasta-based 'primo' such as pappardelle al cinghiale wild boar, pici al sugo Toscana, a local pasta with a thick meat sauce, or strozzapreti, a spiral pasta which literally means 'strangled priests'. ❋ Unknown (2011)
She suggests the strozzapreti, which means "priest strangler" in Italian and describes tubes of hand-rolled pasta. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Many supermarkets and gourmet shops carry artisan pasta brands that feature whimsical shapes with catchy, revealing names such as orecchiette (little ears) or strozzapreti (priest stranglers). ❋ Unknown (2011)
His house-made strozzapreti with wild boar ragu has the kind of toothy textural mojo passed down by generations of nonnas; his pillowy gnocchi with rabbit confit sauce is dressed in a thin arugula pesto that had my table gobsmacked; and an Acquarello aged-rice pudding accented with crunchy puffed rice brittle makes playful but respectful use of esoteric ingredients. ❋ Anne Spiselman (2010)
I loved the strozzapreti with calamari and broccoli that called for cooking the pasta and vegetable together in the same pot. ❋ By FLORENCE FABRICANT (2010)
Amusing strozzapreti were characteristically a tad heavy according to one story, strozzapreti, which means priest choker in Italian, was served as a primi to abate the appetite of a visiting cleric before the more expensive, meaty secundo. ❋ By M. H. REED (2010)
My friend ordered the strozzapreti, which was basically a vegetable medley in lemon broth, and he said it was delicious. ❋ Unknown (2010)
