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#54 Forgotten Italian Classics: Pastiera Napoletana (Naples)

I first discovered pastiera napoletana in Stockholm, of all places. A Neapolitan friend handed me a slice and said, “Take and eat.” One bite and I understood why it never left Naples: sweet, floral, and rich, with the perfume of orange blossom and the faint bite of cooked wheat. Later, I learned it’s not just a dessert but a ritual of Easter: wheat for rebirth, ricotta for abundance, and orange blossom for spring. You can’t rush a pastiera. It’s too symbolic for shortcuts, too tied to patience to ever become a quick recipe, but if you want to challenge yourself and bring it to your table, its deeply rewarding and your family will love you for life.

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28 Comments

  1. non classificherei neanche lontanamente lapastiera come un classico dimenticato, classico sicuramente, dimenticato per niente

  2. Candied fruit is missing. You can choose between citron and lemon, pumpkin and orange, orange and citron, and a mix of orange, citron, and lemon in equal parts.

  3. spara due pizzoccheri, zuppa d'aragosta con spaghettoni rotti, la pinza bolognese, l'erbazzone…
    gran canale, complimenti

  4. Per essere fatta da un "polentone" é veramente una bella pastiera all'anticq. Lo si vede dalla quantità delle uova che hai usato. Adesso in pasticceria la si fa alla De Riso, con la crema di ricotta e il grano preponderanti sulle uova.

  5. May I please humbly request that you include the recipe either in the video description, or pin it in the comments, so that we can access it directly, instead of being redirected to another site. Thank you very much!🙏🏾

  6. I actually had no idea italian desserts would sometimes use orange blossom water, is that due to middle eastern influence?

  7. La pastiera è una droga.

    Avevo un coinquilino Campano e sua mamma la portava come regalo dopo Pasqua.

    La. Morte. Sua.

  8. I'm from a completely different part of the country, but some of my family's closest friends come from Sorrento (very close to Naples), and their pastiera is simply unforgettable.

  9. I brought you a rigot pie and a high school transcript so you could write a letter of recommendation for my little daughter to Georgetown

  10. Pastiera napoletana è tutto meno che forgotten, la mangiano tutti in Campania, io la mangio ogni Pasqua, a me piace di più quella col riso

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