The Best Artisanal Taralli

Here is our selection of Taralli: they are made with high quality ingredients, produced exclusively by artisan bakers who transmit their passion in their products. All taralli come from artisanal companies, carefully chosen and selected by our experts to guarantee Italian-made products from certified companies.

Taralli are an excellent specialty typical of Puglia, delicious snacks to be enjoyed on any occasion.
The word tarallo has uncertain origins, but it is thought to come from the Latin word “torrère” or toasted, while others believe that it comes from the French word “toral” or dryer. There are also some hypotheses about the origins dating back to the Greek 'daratos' which was a sort of bread. Although the origins of tarallo are not clear, we can guarantee that they have a unique and irresistible taste.

Certainly we know that the tarallo grows under a cloth that favors its leavening, in addition, the methods of diffusion are also very clear. Matilde Serao spoke in her famous opera “the Belly of Naples”, about how the Neapolitan popular areas were teeming with people, but with empty bellies. From the end of the 1700s, it was the Taralli who filled their stomachs, thanks also to the passion of bakers and bakers. Since some neighborhoods of Naples were poor, the bakers thought it best to reuse even the pasta waste with which they had made the bread, or the “scrap”. In this way, small curls of dough were created with the addition of lard, or animal fat and pepper.

The shape of a tarallo was created precisely because the thin strips of dough were twisted and closed like a donut.
As this delicious snack evolved, many different recipes began to be created based on pepper, fennel seeds, chilli and other flours such as whole wheat flour were also used.

Artisanal taralli, the ideal solution

Why can the Taralli consider themselves a solution? Because they allowed bakers to avoid waste, thus avoiding throwing away leftover bread dough and creating delicious baked goods that are simple and quick to prepare.
They can be considered a real delight because tradition has given life to many different recipes to satisfy all palates and the different tastes of every lover of taralli. Furthermore, thanks to the small number of ingredients used, this product was (and still is) really cheap, so it allowed even those who did not have a large financial sum to feed their families thanks to these snacks.

Over time, the taralli became more and more embedded in the Neapolitan tradition, becoming a key element in the kitchen.

Tarallo or Taralluccio, what's the difference?

The Tarallo is closely connected to the Neapolitan region, while the Taralluccio is linked to the Apulian tradition.
The Tarallino spread in Italy and abroad even before the Neapolitan one and differs from the latter precisely because of its size, in fact it is smaller. In addition, it does not have almonds inside like the Neapolitan one and it has olive oil. The Pugliese ones usually also have fennel seeds and chilli pepper, to give a stronger and tastier taste to this delicious snack.

Tarallini do not contain lard and have become so famous thanks to the use of tavoliere oil, the peculiar ingredient.

Tarallini: processing and production

Inside the dough of Tarallino Pugliese we find flour, white wine, extra virgin olive oil and salt.
To these basic ingredients, fennel seeds, anise seeds, onion or chilli flavors are usually added

The preparation of Apulian taralli is very simple: after having kneaded all the ingredients and obtaining an elastic dough, it is necessary to obtain sticks of about 1 cm in diameter and 8 cm in length, which will then be folded to form a ring, with the two ends well overlapping.
Apulian taralli undergo two different types of cooking: first they are boiled in boiling water and oil until they re-emerge and then they are baked for half an hour, until they are golden brown. This double cooking allows you to obtain the typical crunch and fragrance that makes them so good.

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