How to pronounce Taralli

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /taˈralli/. In plain English letters that is tah-RAHL-lee, 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 Taralli?

Taralli is a snack of Italy. Where it comes from: Apulia. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes savory.

Where Taralli comes from

Taralli is one of 141 signature dishes of Italy on this map. See all dishes from Apulia.

• 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.

• 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.

Food of Italy

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• Xiaolongbao 小笼包 · Snack · Nanxiang, Shanghai, China

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• Empanadas salteñas · Snack · Salta, Argentina

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