"Malfatti translates as "poorly made" and these large dumplings are cut irregularly. They are a specialty from Brescia in Lombardy and are the regionâ??s version of ricotta gnocchi. Watch theÂFine Cooking Culinary School Video Series, where the authors show you, step-by-step,Âhow to make this dish, as well as eight other handmade pastas...."