CasatielloEaster bread with salami and eggs
On Easter Monday, Neapolitan families head out of the city for a picnic, called la pasquetta, and they always pack a casatiello: a heavy, rich bread ring made with lard, studded with cubes of salami, cured pork and cheese, with whole eggs in their shells set into the top under crosses of dough. It is baked on Holy Saturday and rises slowly, filling the house with its smell. The fat used is pork lard, with salami and pancetta. Chef's tip: give it the full, slow rise; a casatiello needs time to lift its heavy load of salami and cheese.



