Bread "Puccia Salentina"

La puccia salentina è un panino tipico del Salento che amiamo definire gourmet — ma la sua origine è tutto fuorché gourmet: è un piatto di strada. Fu inventata dai legionari romani, che avevano bisogno di un cibo pronto, gustoso e poco deperibile durante le trasferte.

A story that repeats itself across many Puglian specialities: like the frisa del Salento, born from peasant tradition to be softened with a little water and seasoned to taste. The puccia is the authentic, down-to-earth alternative to fast food — genuine, local and complete.

It is a pocket of crumb-free dough, similar to pizza dough, which we naturally leaven and bake on stone. The three steps that make it unique:

Never fill the puccia cold: heating it is the essential step. With heat the puccia puffs up spectacularly, turns beautifully fragrant and, if you add cheese, it will melt perfectly.

Puglian gastronomic tradition points in one clear direction: grilled vegetables, preserved oil vegetables and local specialities. In the Lecce area and around Taranto you find real puccerie where the puccia is filled on the spot with Puglian produce. You are free to use any filling, but here is how it is really done:

Not in the mood to cook but want to impress your guests? Host a puccia party. Heat the pucce, set out small bowls of different fillings in the centre of the table — cured meats, preserved vegetables, cheeses, fresh produce — and let everyone build their own combination.

A perfect idea after a holiday in Puglia or Salento, to bring a little of the south to your table. Each pack contains 2 pucce: buy more than one so you always have some in reserve.

In Salento the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (7 December) is deeply observed: on the eve, the fast is kept and at lunchtime people eat the so-called puccia dell’Immacolata. This has nothing to do with the flatbread described on this page.

The recipe for puccia salentina has been passed down from generation to generation, jealously guarded by Salentine families. The secret lies in the dough: crumb-free, which gives it the characteristic soft interior and fragrant crust. Variants differ slightly from family to family, but all preserve the essence of this unique dish.

Whether quickly put together for a on-the-go lunch or lovingly prepared for a dinner with friends, the puccia is an icon of Puglian cuisine — an authentic way to bring the flavours of Salento to your table, wherever you are.

Bring a piece of Salento to your table

Natural leavening, cottura a pietra, ingredienti d’eccellenza. Ogni pack contiene 2 pucce — acquistane più di uno per non restare mai senza.