#50 Forgotten Italian Classics: Crescia sfogliata di Urbino

I’ve always loved how crescia sfogliata bridges two worlds: the farmhouse and the palace. Golden, flaky, and rich with lard, it was born in Renaissance Urbino and once fed both farmers and dukes. You roll it, fold it, roll again, and cook it until the layers puff like pastry, tasting of wheat, black pepper, and patient. It’s rustic, but light. Tear it open, fill it with pecorino or prosciutto, and you’ll understand why Urbino never let it disappear.

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Welcome to Italian forgotten classic where Italian cooking becomes more than just pasta and pizza. Today we travel to the market region to discover the ancestor of padina romanola creas forata diorbino. At first this flatbread looks simple but tear it open and you find layers of flakes with a scent of lard and black pepper rising in the air. The name say it all. Kisha means to rise while means layered. It was born when urbos cooks took a peasant dough and refined it for the tables of the city court. It’s made with just flour, eggs, milk and lard. Roll rolled thin brush with strutto fold and rolled again trapping flavor and air on each layer. Serve warm. It carry prout pecorino or white greens from the heels. But while lighter bread like pad romana travel better, creas patta too rich to industrialize and too proud to change remain tied to making it today connects you to both history and comfort. A small delicious piece of mar still warm in your hands.

33 Comments

  1. Che fastidio sto ca..0 di accento italiano sull'inglese. Lo parli, benissimo, grammatica perfetta, anni di studi e poi sembri un immigrato degli anni 20.

  2. Grandissima serie, stai facendo un lavoro spaziale. (però è Ancestor, con l'accento sulla A, pronunciato Ànsestor)

  3. OGNI PAESE HA LE SUE SPECIALITÀ, TUTTE BUONE SE FATTE BENE E CON INGREDIENTI FRESCHI! POI PUÒ PIACERTI O MENO MA NON SI SMINUISCE COSA NON TI PIACE 🤬

  4. Live in Ancona province , needless to say those sfogliate are every where… Still made from little forni and sended in the market relatively fresh…

    Unfortunately it cost nearly the double of the piadina…

  5. Funny, this is little like chapati is made. How humans have gotten similar ideas to do stuff all over the world. Or perhaps inspiration or influence from each other? Who knows.