"Cannelloni in the style of Piedmont." Large pasta tubes stuffed with minced (US: ground) veal, Parmesan cheese and prosciutto, covered with a béchamel sauce and baked.
Large tubes of pasta stuffed with ricotta mixed with grated Parmesan cheese and beaten eggs, covered with béchamel sauce and baked.
Large tubes of pasta stuffed with minced (US: ground) beef mixed with spinach, grated Parmesan cheese and bound with egg, covered with béchamel sauce and then baked.
Large tubes of pasta stuffed with a mixture of ricotta, spinach and grated Parmesan cheese, covered with béchamel sauce and baked.
Large tubes of pasta stuffed with ricotta and spinach flavoured with herbs sauce and baked in the oven.
Mantis shrimp. Squill. A large crustacean from the eastern coast of North America and the Mediterranean related to a crab rather than a prawn, larger than a prawn and bearing some resemblance to a praying mantis.
"Mantis shrimps in the style of Abruzzo." Mantis shrimps cooked in wine and served with lemon, oil and hot chillis.
"Pipes (in the style of Sicily)." A Sicilian dish of tubes of slightly bubbly pastry made with Marsala wine and fried until they are golden brown. They are filled with sweetened ricotta cheese mixed with candied peel and nuts, sometimes chunks of chocolate, deep-fried and sprinkled with icing sugar. They look a little like brandy snaps. Sometimes the filling is mixed with Amaretto liqueur.
