pizza ripieno
Plural: pizze ripiene
Language: Italian
Description: "Stuffed pizza". Calzone. Pizza dough cut into circles stuffed, and folded over so that they become half moon shaped. Popular in Campania, Puglia and Basilicata. The filling might be ham and cheese, or salami, or onions, olives, anchovies, capers and cheese. In Puglia calzoni are smaller and may be either baked or fried. Efforts are being made to secure DOC status for this type of pizza, protecting and standardising the ingredients.
Pronounced: PEETS-tsah ree-PYEH-noh
Gender: f
Ethnicity: Italian
Most frequent country: Italy
Most frequent region: Basilicata, Campania, Puglia
Better know as: calzone
Also known as: calzengiide, calzuncieddi, panzerotti
See places: Italian food and cuisine, Basilicata, Campania, Puglia
See foods and dishes: pizza, pizza margherita, pizza marinara
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