What is the best food invented in Naples?

By YPB Team

One city produced a UNESCO-listed flatbread, a rum-soaked cake and an Easter tart that takes three days. Pick its finest hour.

  1. Pizza — ranked #11
    Pizza
    The Neapolitan flatbread whose making UNESCO added to its intangible heritage list in 2017.
    1000pts
  2. Ragù napoletano — ranked #22
    Ragù napoletano
    Whole cuts of meat simmered in tomato for hours, then served as sauce first and second course after.
    787pts
  3. Friarielli — ranked #33
    Friarielli
    Bitter local greens sautéed with garlic and chilli, the standard partner to Neapolitan sausage.
    753pts
  4. Mozzarella in carrozza — ranked #44
    Mozzarella in carrozza
    Mozzarella sealed between bread slices, breaded and fried until it pulls apart in strings.
    621pts
  5. Spaghetti alle vongole — ranked #55
    Spaghetti alle vongole
    Pasta with clams, garlic and white wine, the coastal dish Naples orders on Christmas Eve.
    538pts
  6. Struffoli — ranked #66
    Struffoli
    Christmas mound of fried dough pearls glued together with honey and sprinkles.
    538pts
  7. Pastiera — ranked #77
    Pastiera
    Easter tart of wheat berries, ricotta and orange-flower water, baked days before it is eaten.
    440pts
  8. Parmigiana — ranked #88
    Parmigiana
    Layered fried aubergine, tomato and cheese, claimed by several southern regions but perfected here.
    440pts
  9. Zeppole — ranked #99
    Zeppole
    Choux rings piped with custard and topped with a single sour cherry for Saint Joseph's Day.
    440pts
  10. Casatiello — ranked #1010
    Casatiello
    Savoury Easter bread ringed with cured meat and cheese, with whole eggs baked into the crust.
    323pts
  11. Babà — ranked #1111
    Babà
    Yeast cake soaked in rum, adopted from a French court recipe and made Neapolitan.
    323pts
  12. Taralli — ranked #1212
    Taralli
    Crunchy ring biscuits studded with almonds and black pepper, sold along the seafront.
    179pts
  13. Sfogliatella — ranked #1313
    Sfogliatella
    Shell-shaped pastry of paper-thin layers filled with semolina and candied citrus.
    179pts

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