Imagine strolling through Puglia’s beautiful town centres, or sitting by the sea at sunset. It’s a delight for your eyes. But what about your tastebuds? The winning combination is to admire the beauty surrounds you and at the same time taste the succulent local specialties. Discover Puglia’s Street Food, made with fresh, high-quality ingredients, and served up in paper cones and eaten on the go. In just one bite you can discover Puglia’s history and traditions.
Quality and authenticity are not options in Puglia. Even if Street Food is a popular trend, don’t think that it’s just a tourist attraction. Puglian excellence is also guaranteed in its Street Food.
Here’s a selection of the best Street Food options in Puglia, including both savoury and sweet, as well as seafood and meat. The possibilities are endless so try whatever you feel like!
Friselle are the true Apulian street food: crunchy rings of bread, softened with a little water and topped with cherry tomatoes, olive oil, and oregano.
Apulian bread balls turn stale bread into an irresistible street food: soft inside, golden outside, they capture the authentic flavours of the region’s rural tradition.
The cherry on the top of everything is this little sweet pastry from Lecce. It is made with a buttery, crumbly dough and filled with crème patissière. There are also other types, like chocolate, or with almond flakes on the top.
The protagonist of Puglia’s Street Food is bread. Some of the most famous products come from small shops, bakeries and food stalls. Meat dishes have a similar history. Puglia is the homeland of “Fornelli” or butchers’ shops with charcoal grills where you “choose, buy, and eat”. Pick the meat you want and it will be cooked immediately on the grill, often in the back of the shop.