Capuns
{{Short description|Stuffed chard leaves from Swiss cuisine}}
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| image = Capuns Trun.JPG
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| country = Switzerland
| region = Graubünden
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| type = Dumpling
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| main_ingredient = Spätzle dough, dried meat, chard leaf
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Capuns is a traditional food from the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland, predominantly made in the eastern part.Charly Bieler, Evelyn Lengler (2006). Capuns Geschichten, p. 303. Desertina Verlag Bündner Monatsblatt, Chur. {{ISBN|978-3-85637-306-1}}. They are made from Spätzle dough{{cite book | last=Flinn | first=C. | title=Fresh Canadian Bistro: Top Canadian Chefs Share Their Favourite Recipes | publisher=Formac Publishing Company Limited | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-88780-853-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMjxPfNuh5QC&pg=PA58 | accessdate=November 5, 2016 | page=58}} with pieces of dried meat, such as Bündnerfleisch and/or Salsiz,{{cite book | last=Steves | first=R. | title=Rick Steves Switzerland | publisher=Avalon Travel Publishing | series=Rick Steves | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-61238-766-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4XiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA312 | accessdate=November 5, 2016 | page=312 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and rolled in a chard leaf. They are boiled in a gravy of bouillon, milk and water and served covered with grated cheese.{{citation
|title=Lonely Planet Switzerland
|publisher=Lonely Planet
|author=Nicola Williams
|edition=6
|year=2009
|isbn=978-1-74104-785-1
|page=44
| accessdate = 2010-10-23
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YKsnCK39IpAC&q=Capuns+swiss&pg=PA44
}}
File:Capunsblätter.jpg|Preparation of Capuns
See also
- Maluns, another typical dish of Graubünden
- Cabbage rolls
References
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External links
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- [http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/interests/food-and-wine/typically-swiss-recipes/recipes-betty-bossi/capuns.html Capuns recipe]
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