Puglia food festivals: the bread fair 6
Posted on
August 01, 2009 by
Stile Mediterraneo
My and Marika’s favorite way to celebrate the Pugliese food and wine is to attend one of the many local sagre (festivals) taking place in the small towns, year round everywhere around Puglia.
Every town organizes a different festival: from the fig, bread, pasta, meatball, eggaplant, fish, to the watermelon and icecream! The sagra celebrates what’s in season and each town’s main traditional production.
The best sagre are of course in July and August.
Last night I and Marika went to the Bread fair held in a sea town, nearby Lecce. It was so much fun!
Everytime we go to a sagra, we must start trying the Almond Cupeta. That’s something we have always done, since we were very young.
Almond cupeta is a Torrone, made only with sugar and toasted almonds!
Then we headed to the bread area. Thousands of people were waiting for the warm “Pittule”: deep fried focaccia bread…..and of course for the “Pizzini bread“: bread made with onion, tomatoes, black pepper and olives.
The best part of a sagra is of course to buy the many different and colorful candies.
It would not be a true festival without candies! Nobody can resist!
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