Sfoglia

Sfoglia is the uncut fresh pasta sheet from which many types of Italian fresh egg pasta made using only flour and eggs is made. Pasta made from sfoglia is considered a fundamental dish in order to form a meal in Emilia-Romagna cuisine.

Ingredients

The basic recipe of sfoglia utilizes the ingredients of flour and eggs consistently. Variations include the use of Marsala cooking wine as seen in a 1931 newspaper.

Production

The ingredients of sfoglia must be rolled into paper-thin sheets by hand using a mattarello. Pasta from sfoglia is traditionally made by Sfoglina in Emilia-Romagna.
The pastas produced using sfoglie include agnolini, cappelletti, garganelli, lasagna, pappardelle, ravioli, tagliatelle, tortelli, and tortellini. Gnocchi, while closely related and an integral part of Bolognese cuisine, is not based on sfoglia.