Baking and Frying

From bruschetta to panzanella, bread is a basic commodity that Italians cannot do without. Every region has its own specialities, resulting in a wonderfully inviting choice. Pizza is the baked food par excellence. The best ones are baked in a wood-fired oven and every good pizzeria in Naples, the home of pizza, is equipped with one of these. Naples even has a pizza-making academy. In domestic ovens Southern Italians bake all sorts of dishes, from pasta timbales to stuffed vegetables. For simple vegetable dishes, or for rabbit, lamb and especially chicken, which are usually baked with potatoes, baking is a great liberation from constant checking during the cooking period. The exact cooking time is not important and the results are always extremely tasty. Furthermore, most dishes like these can be reheated without loss of flavour.