Pastiera
Sign in to savePastiera (; ) or pastiera napoletana is a type of Neapolitan tart made with cooked wheat, eggs and ricotta cheese, and flavored with orange flower water. It is usually eaten at Easter.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Pastiera
- Food.image
- Pastiera Napoletana.JPG
- Food.country
- Italy
- Food.region
- Naples
- Food.type
- Tart
- Food.main_ingredient
- Flour, sugar, lard, eggs, ricotta, boiled wheat (in milk), water of orange flowers
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- Legends
- Origins and tradition
- The savory variant
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Pastiera (; ) or pastiera napoletana is a type of Neapolitan tart made with cooked wheat, eggs and ricotta cheese, and flavored with orange flower water. It is usually eaten at Easter.
==Legends== Various writers repeat legends about the origin of pastiera. One story connects it to the siren Parthenope, whom the Neapolitans thanked for her sweet singing by giving her ricotta, flour, eggs, milk, spices and sugar; Parthenope gave these ingredients to the gods, who made pastiera out of it. Another story connects it to a spring celebration of the goddess Ceres.
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