Il Buccellato

The Traditional Sweet Bread of Lucca

banner
Preparation info
  • Serves

    10

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Italian Regional Cookbook

By Valentina Harris

Published 2017

  • About

The older, most elegant part of the city of Lucca, in north-western Tuscany, is surrounded by the old restored Renaissance city walls, so that it is possible to walk or cycle around the entire circumference and enjoy the view from the top of the wall. To make the experience even more pleasurable, each of the four principal sides is lined with a different kind of tree. This sweet bread, which is famously typical of this attractive town, is presented annually there for blessing as part of a s