Ciao! We went to Siena earlier this year and got pastries at a shop called Nannini. The best one was a tomato and cheese sandwich-type thing but with pastry instead of bread. It was not a normal panino. Of course I didn’t get a photo and I have not been able to find the name of it or a recipe online. I grabbed a screenshot from a TripAdvisor post that I believe shows the pastry. Second photo is Valdostana from my local Italian bakery – it is quite similar but more like a pie and thicker than the sandwich we had. Can anyone tell me what the Sienese delicacy was? Grazie mille!
by bananapannacotta
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Probably a “pizza rustica”, a preparation similar to pizza with the toppings, but made with puff pastry.
Google “pizza rustica ricetta” and you’ll find several options like this [one](https://www.buonissimo.it/lericette/5207_Pizza_rustica)
Were both bottom and top made of the same pastry?
Parigina [https://www.cucchiaio.it/ricetta/parigina/](https://www.cucchiaio.it/ricetta/parigina/)
Mattonella [https://www.cucchiaio.it/ricetta/mattonella-palermitana/](https://www.cucchiaio.it/ricetta/mattonella-palermitana/)
Focaccia farcita [https://www.cucchiaio.it/ricetta/focaccia-farcita/](https://www.cucchiaio.it/ricetta/focaccia-farcita/)
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you just unlocked a core memory and a food crave that I cannot satisfy by being abroad
I think this may be a Rustico, like [this](https://www.peccatidigolalecce.it/prodotti/confezione-rustico-leccese/)
Sit here my friend, while I tell you the story of the mighty Rustichella