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Crescentina modenese

Breads, Flatbreads and Savory Pastries

Crescentine, also called crescente or tigelle, are thin, about ten centimeter round breads from the Apennine Mountains in the Modena area of Emilia Romagna, Italy, made with flour, water, salt and yeast. They are traditionally eaten filled with cunza, a spread of pork lard flavored with garlic and rosemary, or with cold cuts, boar, rabbit, cheese, salty dressings or sweet spreads. In the Apennines they have long been eaten at home or in traditional restaurants, and in the last decade some fast food and casual restaurants have added them to their menus, alongside similar regional breads such as piadina, borlengo, gnocco fritto and panigaccio. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Dietary Suitability
Contains Meat or Poultry 1
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Italy 2
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1. Crescentina modenese (Wikipedia)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescentina_modenese (dietary-suitability)
    They are made with flour, water, salt, and yeast, and traditionally eaten filled with cunza, a spread made from pork lard and flavoured with garlic and rosemary or with cold cuts, boar, rabbit, cheese, salty dressings or sweet spreads.
  • Expresses Tradition: Bread Baking, Wikipedia category: Category:Italian breads
  • In Cuisine: Italian Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Crescentine (sing.: crescentina), crescente (sing.: crescenta) or tigelle (sing. tigella) are thin, 10 centimetres (3.9 in) round breads from the Apennine Mountains in the Modena area of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
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2. Crescentina modenese (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): Italy
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