01/09/2011 | C. Martin
Restaurants in Zermatt have started serving mini-Matterhorns ("Matterhörnli") to eat in the form of filled pasta.
Gourmet specialists have been toying with the idea of a Matterhorn shaped pasta for a long time.
The new pasta's creator Roman Bernegger said: "The Matterhorn does have a complex shape and the question was what should be the consistency of the dough to ensure that the 'horn' would not collapse upon itself while being cooked?"
"We wanted to create something that would be unique for Zermatt," said Heinz Rufibach, the chef who introduced the idea for an edible Matterhörnli.
The pasta is likely to become a major attraction for foreign tourists who visit the Swiss town as part of their luxury holidays.
It is filled with local Zermatt cheese and Eringer Hauswurst (speciality sausage), and typically served with Munder saffron sauce.
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