COPPERPiada recipe
The Sammarinese piada is an unleavened flour-and-lard flatbread cooked fast on a very hot griddle, thicker than the Rimini piadina and thinner than the Cesena one.
Ingredients
- 500 g flour
- 75 g lard
- 2 g baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 250 ml warm water
- 200 g stracchino cheese
- 150 g prosciutto crudo
- 1 bunch rocket
How to make Piada
- Heap 500 g 00 flour on a wooden board, make a well and add 2 g baking soda, 1 tsp salt and 75 g lard.
- Mix with a fork, then add about 250 ml warm water a little at a time, kneading until the dough is firm and no longer sticks to your hands.
- Wrap the dough in a clean cotton cloth and let it rest for 1 hour.
- Divide it into about 6 balls and roll each into a disc 25–30 cm across and 2–3 mm thick.
- Prick each disc all over on both sides with a fork.
- Cook the discs one at a time on a preheated cast-iron griddle over high heat, quickly, turning them until both sides are spotted with brown.
- Fill them while hot with 200 g stracchino, 150 g prosciutto crudo and a bunch of rocket, then fold in half.
What is Piada?
Piada is a traditional dish from San Marino, and takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes from start to finish. It is built around flour, stracchino cheese and prosciutto crudo. The recipe below uses 8 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Piada take?
At 105 minutes it is quicker than 57% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. The method runs to 7 steps.
Any tips for making Piada?
Knead until the dough no longer sticks to your hands, rest it an hour in a cloth and cook each pricked disc fast on a very hot griddle.
How Piada compares
Hard to find elsewhere: stracchino cheese (1), prosciutto crudo (1) and rocket (1).
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