Casatiello Napoletano: Traditional Recipe

Casatiello Napoletano: Traditional Recipe 🥚

🍴 Ingredients (for a 30 cm ring-shaped bread)
🌾 700 g bread dough (store-bought, made with sourdough)
🥚 3 hard-boiled eggs (for filling or decoration)
🧀 200 g scamorza + 200 g provolone (diced)
🍖 300 g mixed cured meats (Neapolitan salami, cooked ham, cubed pancetta)
🧂 3 tbsp grated cheese (pecorino + parmesan)
🫒 2 tbsp lard (or 60 ml EVO oil for a lighter version)

👩🍳 Preparation
1️⃣ Dough Handling:

• Roll out pre-made bread dough on a floured surface into a 1 cm-thick rectangle.

2️⃣ Filling:

• 🖌️ Brush surface with lard or oil.

• 🍖 Distribute cured meats, 🧀 diced cheeses, and 🥚 2 crumbled hard-boiled eggs.

• 🧀 Sprinkle with grated cheese and 🌑 generous black pepper.

3️⃣ Shaping:

• 🌀 Tightly roll the dough into a log.

• ⭕ Form into a ring in a greased mold.

• 🥚 Decorate with 1 whole hard-boiled egg in the center (optional) or place raw eggs on top, secured with 🥨 dough strips.

• 🌙 Let rise overnight in a warm place, covered with a 🛌 blanket (for optimal leavening).

🔥 Baking
🌅 The next morning, bake in a static oven at 🌡️ 180°C.
⏱️ Time: 50-60 minutes (oven-dependent – check for 🎨 golden-brown color).

⛪ Easter Symbolism
⭕ The circular shape represents the Crown of Thorns, while 🥚 eggs symbolize rebirth.
✝️ The dough strips wrapping the eggs evoke the Cross.
📅 Traditionally prepared on ✝️ Good Friday and eaten at 🐣 Easter.

🍴 Happy Cooking to All! 👨🍳👩🍳

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