Nonna Rosa Carmelo’s Baked Calamari with Bread Crumbs

Calamari alla Graffiu’

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Preparation info
  • Yield:

    4 to 6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      35 min

Appears in
Cooking with Nonna: A Year of Italian Holidays

By Rossella Rago

Published 2018

  • About

My Zia Rosa may kill me for letting you guys in on this little secret, but I have to tell the truth: this particular recipe actually belongs to my Zio Domenico. Variations of this super-simple baked calamari dish, known as calamari alla graffiu’ in Puglia, can be found throughout southern Italy. My Zio Domenico spent nearly half a century working at the Italian-American institution that is Gargiulo’s restaurant in Co