Traditional food of Apulia: 8 dishes

• Orecchiette con cime di rapa orecchiette con le cime di rapa · Noodles & pasta · Bari (Apulia)

  Orecchiette, "little ears", are small, round, slightly hollow pieces of pasta made by hand from durum wheat semolina and water.

• Panzerotti · Street food · Bari

  Panzerotti are half-moons of soft bread dough stuffed with mozzarella and tomato, and sometimes ham, deep fried and eaten very hot.

• Burrata · Snack · Andria (Apulia)

  Burrata is a ball of fresh mozzarella with a soft centre of cream and shreds of cheese, called stracciatella.

• Taralli · Snack · Apulia

  Taralli are small rings of dough made with flour, white wine and olive oil, boiled briefly and then baked until crunchy.

• Pasticciotto · Dessert · Lecce

  The pasticciotto is the breakfast pastry of Lecce and the Salento: an oval shell of shortcrust pastry made with lard, filled with custard and baked until golden.

• Patate, riso e cozze tiella barese · Rice dish · Bari

  Tiella barese, or patate, riso e cozze, is a baked dish from Bari of potatoes, rice and mussels in layers, with onions, tomatoes, pecorino, parsley and garlic.

• Focaccia barese · Bread & pastry · Bari

  Focaccia barese is a thick, soft flatbread from Bari made with a dough that includes boiled potato, baked in a round pan with plenty of olive oil and topped with cherry tomatoes, black olives, oregano and salt.

• Frisella · Bread & pastry · Salento and Apulia

  The frisella is a ring of bread baked twice until hard, made from durum wheat or barley.

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• Traditional food of Bari: 4 dishes

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