Naples

The tastes that make Naples

The 10 tastes on our Naples list, and the kitchen we send you to for each.

What to taste

Street bite
Pizza fritta
Fried folded pizza with provola, tomato, ricotta and pork cracklings
La Masardona · Case Nuove
Sweet
Babà
Rum-soaked yeast cake
Pasticceria Al Capriccio · San Lorenzo
Bake
Sfogliatella
Neapolitan layered-pastry shell filled with ricotta
Antica Pasticceria Carraturo · Porta Capuana (Via Casanova)
Bake
Pastiera
A shortcrust tart filled with ricotta and wheat
Antica Pasticceria Carraturo · Porta Capuana (Via Casanova)
Plate
Genovese
Long pasta tubes in beef and onions cooked for 17 hours
Pizzeria Gorizia 1916 · Vomero (Via Bernini)
Plate
Pizza Napoletana
Pizza with tomato, fior di latte cheese, oil and basil
L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele · Forcella (Via Cesare Sersale)
Sweet
Foresta
A log of thin chocolate sheets folded by hand
Gay-Odin · San Ferdinando
Plate
Polpette al ragù
Meatballs fried, baked and steamed, with aubergine parmigiana
Umberto · Chiaia (Via Alabardieri)
Plate
Peperoni imbottiti
Roasted pepper rolled around cheese, ham and bread, then baked
Mimì alla Ferrovia · Ferrovia (Via Alfonso d'Aragona)

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