In those days I was in Naples for work. Every
time I come to this city I’m fascinated
by the people, the colors, the temperate weather. Every time I am wrapped by
the kindness of the people and I am amazed of the tasty cooking. In a previous
post I wrote about the baba and its recipe, given to me by my friend Anna.
The traditional recipes are many, but I have to tell you that I have discovered a variant of an absolute classic recipe. The sfogliatella or ricciais a dessert that I love. Stuffed with ricotta or cream or chocolate, the adjective to define this dessert is always one: divine!
Yesterday I had a new culinary experience: the sfogliatina stuffed with vegetables. The sfogliatina can be made with puff pastry ( pasta sfoglia): it is also called the riccia. It seemed strange to taste this new version of the riccia with vegetables, but I find it exceptional.
The sfogliatella was born in the monastery of Santa Rosa on the nearby Amalfi coast centuries ago. You cannot go to Naples without eating a sfogliatella and here some very big version are cooked, you will have a wonderful culinary experience!

riccia with vegetables
The riccia with ricotta is my favourite, in any case I was pleased to know the savory version, because now I can eat this specialty at every opportunity. If I may make a suggestion, you have to taste the riccia , freshly baked and you should accompany it with a good Neapolitan coffee.Anyway you need to know the right places to eat this specialty: as first I would like to tell you that every pastry shop or bakery in Naples can cook a good sfogliatella. If I can suggest you two places to taste the sfogliatella I would say to go by Fratelli Attanasio in Vico ferrovia, or even La sfogliatella Mary in Via Toledo. This are just a few suggestions, but in all of Naples you can enjoy the sfogliatella because here the cooking is a centuries-old art absolutely tied to this historic city.

