Panzerotti: A truly Italian delicacy, or is it?
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Loading... - Emma Endris
- 22 Sep 2022
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What is one of the most exciting parts of travel plans for you? For me, it is to try the food of the cities I travel to. I want to know what people eat and drink in a city I visit for the first time, and what that city is famous for. In order to accomplish this, I do a short research beforehand and know what to eat while exploring the cities.
Sometimes I try and make the delicacies I tried while traveling when I return home. Panzerotti, which I ate in Milan, is one of them. Of course, I can't try making the dish at home, but panzerotti is very similar to the Turkish "piÅŸi" – a fried dough or bagel. For this reason, I thought preparing it wouldn't be difficult.
In Türkiye, piÅŸi is made by frying bread dough in oil and is generally consumed at breakfast. I also think that panzerotti is a kind of Italian bagel.
In my opinion, every local dish or famous dish has a story. The story that I weaved in my head about the panzerotti does not actually start here. It's based on pizza and ice cream.
"Why" you say? Well, When we think of Italy, the first thing that comes to mind is pizza and ice cream.
So, how delicious do you think the ice cream and pizzas you eat in Italy are?
Between us, I didn't like the ice cream and pizzas I ate in many cities of Italy. Not counting the Neapolitan pizza we ate in Naples. They were not bad, but when I make a comparison, I can say that I liked the pizza and ice cream I ate in the Balkans more.
Especially the taste of the pizzas I ate in the city of Struga, Macedonia, is still on my palate, and of course, the ice creams as well.
Specifically, I can never forget the taste of the ice cream I ate in Serbia.
In many places where we had ice cream in the Balkans, they said that ice cream came to the Balkans from Italy. Of course, after eating such delicious pizza and ice cream in the Balkans, some question marks arose in my mind.
I wonder if ice cream and pizza actually passed from the Balkans to Italy? Or could this recipe have changed according to tastes, on the way from Italy to the Balkans? If that's the case, it's a welcome change.
So, actually the situation is like this: When we look at the map, I think anyone can see that there must have been an interaction between the regions since Italy and the Balkans have land and sea connections. Read More...
