Eating in Naples


If you go to travel to naples surely one of the things that come into your plans is to eat at least one pizza a day, something that practically everyone who travels anywhere in Italy since it is the main dish in many parts of the country, followed by pasta, of course. In Naples It is her main dish, something that Julia Roberts has already verified in her latest movie (Eat Pray Loves, where she got a purple pizza… what an envy!).

Neapolitan pizza has its origin in the Focaccia and to make it they used only basil, tomato sauce and mozzarella. The natives are very clear that the authentic pizza It must be done in a wood oven and there are only two types of it, for many, an exquisite delicacy: Marinara pizza (with olive oil, tomato, garlic and oregano. It is the most popular in the city) and the Margherita pizza, which has grated tomato, mozzarella, basil and olive oil, thus achieving the colors of the Italian flag ... what things!

But not everything will be pizza in naples, how could it be otherwise, pasta also succeeds. The most typical are spaghettiIn fact, surely you have eaten "spaghetti a la Neapolitan" more than once, accompanied by clams. Other star dishes made with Neapolitan pasta are the napoletano ragout, totiglioni or rigatoni.

If you are in the middle of the afternoon and what you want is a sweet, the sfogliatella It is the most popular in the city and is made from several layers of puff pastry and almonds and at first glance it gives the impression that they are roasted chestnuts. To drink, the most popular is coffee and the Neapolitans drink at all times “la tazzulella café e café” which is made with a special machine. If you want to have a liqueur, ask for a Limoncello, made with lemons and which is the most typical of Naples. If you are more than a glass of wine, the most famous are the Gragnano, Campi Flegrei and Lacryma Christi.

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