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Taralli
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thumb| '''''' (: ) are toroidal Italian snack foods, common in southern Italy. Wheat-based crackers similar in texture to breadsticks, can be sweet or savory.

Key facts

Food.name
Taralli
Food.image
Tarallini2.JPG
Food.country
Italy
Food.region
Southern Italy
Food.type
Cracker
Food.main_ingredient
Wheat flour, yeast, water, olive oil, fennel seeds, black pepper

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Instance of
food
Subclass of
cracker
Country of origin
Italy
Material used
wheat flour
Image
Tarallini2.JPG
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Tarallini
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thumb| ' (: ) are toroidal Italian snack foods, common in southern Italy. Wheat-based crackers similar in texture to breadsticks, can be sweet or savory.

are classically formed into rings or ovals about in circumference. Smaller , called ', with a circumference of , are sold commercially. Their dough may be shortened with olive oil or lard. More common historically were made with lard, which produces a flakier product. According to Canadian author Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers, "Sweets such as biscotti and used to be reserved for Christmas and Easter; in Roseto they were eaten year-round."

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taralli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.