How to pronounce Crapiata

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /kraˈpjaːta/. In plain English letters that is krah-PYAH-tah, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Crapiata?

Crapiata is a soup or stew of Italy. Where it comes from: Matera. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are beans & tofu, wheat & flour and potato. It tastes savory.

Where Crapiata comes from

Crapiata is one of 141 signature dishes of Italy on this map. See all dishes from Basilicata.

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• Risotto alla milanese · Rice dish · Milan

  Milan's risotto is yellow with saffron.

Food of Italy

Dishes like Crapiata in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Crapiata:

• Lablabi لبلابي · Soup & stew · Tunis, Tunisia

  Lablabi is a chickpea soup with garlic, cumin and harissa, poured over pieces of stale bread at the bottom of a bowl.

• Harput köftesi · Soup & stew · Elazığ (Harput), Türkiye

  Harput köftesi are meatballs from Elazığ and the old town of Harput, made of minced meat and fine bulgur kneaded together, and cooked in a broth with tomatoes and chickpeas.

• Gulyás · Soup & stew · Great Hungarian Plain, Hungary

  Gulyás means "herdsman", and the dish began as the meal of cattle herders on the Great Hungarian Plain, who cooked beef with onion in a cauldron over an open fire.

• Żurek · Soup & stew · Poland

  Żurek is a sour soup made with a fermented starter of rye flour, called zakwas, cooked with smoked meat, white sausage, garlic and marjoram, and often served with a halved boiled egg.