Pizzarello (food)
Pizzarello is a traditional Italian food from Apulia, a region in southern Italy. Its original name in the local dialect is Pizzaridd. The Pizzarello is a long salty baked bread, seasoned with tomatoes and sometimes also with olives. The baking makes it crunchy.
Origins[edit]
Christians wake up early on Good Friday, in the week of Easter. As they had a long fasting day, during which they could not eat meat, stalls in the streets sold a typical sandwich filled with cheese, tomatoes and other vegetables.
The typical Pizzaridd, originally made only for Good Friday, became over time a food produced in some towns, such as Terlizzi, for eating on Fridays generally. The name seems close to "pizza", but the kneading is different.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ "La tradizione del pizzarello molfettese". BariToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ Cucina, Creativa in (2016-10-01). "Pizzarello Molfettese, ricetta tipica del periodo di Pasqua". Creativa in cucina (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-03-03.