Capeletes, Brazilian baked stuffed pasta
Brazilian capelets: made with an egg and butter dough, filled, poached in water with broth, then topped with tomato sauce and cheese, and baked.
Capeletes, the Brazilian cousins of Italian cappelletti, are simmered in broth before being lightly baked under a tomato sauce and cheese topping. The filling can be anything you like.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time1 hr
- Cook time30 min
- Resting1 hr
- Total2 hr 30 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodfour
- Estimated cost$3.25 $0.54 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.
Ingredients
people
Dough
- $0.40
- $0.70
- $0.14
- $0.04
Preparation and cooking
- $0.18
- $1.21
- $0.58
Prices from US supermarkets.
Directions
- Combine the flour, egg yolks, butter, salt, and water, knead, and let rest for 1 hour.
- Gently roll out the dough and cut it into small squares. ≈ 8 min
- Place a small amount of clay in the center, fold it into a triangle, solder the edges, and join the two points to form small hats. ≈ 3 min
- Cook them in the boiling, salted water where you have dissolved the bouillon cube, until they float to the surface.
- Drain them in a dish, cover them with tomato sauce, and sprinkle with cheese. ≈ 2 min
- Bake them lightly in a preheated oven.
The bill
Capeletes, Brazilian baked stuffed pasta
- 250 g of flour$0.40
- 2 egg yolks$0.70
- 15 grams of butter$0.14
- salt$0.04
- 1 meat bouillon cube$0.18
- 400 ml of tomato sauce$1.21
- 80 grams of grated cheese$0.58
Total$3.25
that's $0.54 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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