Casatiello

Casatiello
A casatiello in Rome in 2017
TypeEaster bread
CourseMain dish
Place of originItaly
Region or stateCampania
Serving temperatureRoom temperature
Main ingredientsWheat flour, salami, cheese, eggs, cracklings, lard and natural yeast
VariationsBaker's yeast

Casatiello (Neapolitan: casatiéllo;[1] Italian: casatello[2]) is a leavened savory bread originating from Naples prepared during the Easter period.

Its basic ingredients are flour, lard, cheese, salami, cracklings, eggs and black pepper.[3]

  1. ^ "Casatiéllo napoletano o Tòrtano? Quali le differenze?" (in Italian). 27 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ de Bourcard 1866, p. 275.
  3. ^ Barbagli 2002, p. 533.