Neapolitan Cuisine - Savory Pies

Savory Pies

Savory pies are convenient for outdoor food. The most popular savory pies are:

  • The pizza di scarole (endive pie), prepared with fried scarole with garlic, pine nuts, raisins, black Gaeta olives and capers. Those vegetables are the stuffing for the pie, which is made with a simple dough of flour, water and yeast
  • The casatiello (it), or tortano, typical of Easter holidays, usually prepared for the day after Easter, usually spent outdoor

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