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During the 1400s, at a time when hunger was spreading and it was necessary to fight against poverty, a humble mother in need of being able to feed her children gave birth to ideas. We could say HOLY MOMS! She managed to recuperate from her kitchen some flour, salt, extra virgin olive oil and white wine. After preparing the dough, however, she decided to give her little experiment a special shape. So she created two thin strips of dough and closed them into a ring, this maybe to give a 'precious' shape to her creation. She first boiled and then baked them in the oven and finally served them to her children👶.
Thanks specifically to the double baking, taralli came crispy and tasty.
And so between one word of mouth and another, taralli began to enter the tables of even the nobles of the time. Until we came to the present day, where we can still find realities that continue to produce the tarallo according to the tradition of momAmong them are us at Quattroemme.
But the curiosities did not ended here, because behind the tarallo hides a curtain of mystery.
Does anyone know why the tarallo is called that? 🤔
Even today there is no certainty as to why the tarallo is called that; some say the name over time has changed due to different influences. The fact is that we can divide the different origins into four meanings:
- From Old French danal, round bread
- From the Greek daratos, kind of bread
- From the Latin torrere, toasting
- From the Italian tar, which means wrapping.
In short, we can say that of influences there were certainly several.
We hope we have piqued your curiosity, and if you want to taste the tarallo in the traditional way, you just have to take a look at the rest of the website😙
Article edited by: Giorgia Loconsole
