The ingredients are the same as the current recipe were it not for the addition of some spices, such as ginger and pepper, today fallen into disuse but at the time particularly widespread. Some local historians argue that the dialectal term "caplaz" originates because of the shape of the product vaguely similar to that of the peasants' straw hat, called precisely caplaz. The pumpkin usually used is the violin, a variety that owes its name to the elongated shape similar to that of the musical instrument, so, in the past, it has also performed functions as a water tank or wine and a container of gunpowder. After cooking, steamed or baked, parmesan cheese or Parmesan cheese, eggs, breadcrumbs, salt, pepper and nutmeg are mixed on its flesh; the filling is so ready to be wrapped in the hand-prepared pastry.