{"id":17318,"date":"2022-04-21T07:46:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T11:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=17318"},"modified":"2022-04-21T07:46:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T11:46:01","slug":"italian-grain-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=17318","title":{"rendered":"Italian Grain Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you follow me, you know that I\u2019m a sucker for international holiday foods, sweet treats in particular. And since I live from holiday to holiday (hey, whatever works, right?), I always look forward to Easter for traditional Neapolitan Grain Pie.<\/p>\n

For starters, don\u2019t be deterred by its name in English; I suspect \u201cPastiera Napoletana\u201d has a more agreeable ring to it. The aforementioned grains are wheat berries, and their presence is no more unusual than grains of rice in rice pudding. They\u2019re embedded in a sweet ricotta\/custard cream infused with orange blossom water and augmented by bits of candied orange peel and citron along with a touch of cinnamon; the heady aroma of orange and lemon is key to its success. The rich filling is swaddled in a delicate, crumbly shortcrust shell.<\/p>\n

This example came from Court Pastry Shop, 298 Court St in Brooklyn; I\u2019ve written about them here,<\/a> here,<\/a> and here<\/a> \u2013 they\u2019re that good.<\/p>\n

Per favore, if you have a solid Italian bakery nearby or even a bit of a walk away (think of the calories you\u2019ll burn!), head out there and try this delicacy for yourself while the season is still upon us. Grazie!
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Don\u2019t be deterred by its name in English; \u201cPastiera Napoletana\u201d has a more agreeable ring to it. Read on…. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,21],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-17318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","category-sweets","tag-italian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17318"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17327,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17318\/revisions\/17327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}