Regional cuisine

What to eat in Catanzaro

19 typical dishes of Catanzaro with cultural context, origin story and verified restaurants.

Regional cuisine

Catanzaro-style goat is a robust, fragrant stew in which goat meat slowly cooks in tomato with chili pepper and…

The Catanzaro cuzzupa is a golden, fragrant ring-shaped cake with a glossy surface, decorated with whole eggs set into…

Fileja alla catanzarese are a handmade fresh pasta, rolled around a thin metal rod that gives them an elongated…

Golden, fragrant, and scented with the sea: fried seafood from the Gulf of Squillace arrives at the table like a…

Lagane with chickpeas is a rustic and comforting first course: wide strips of fresh pasta, similar to thick and…

Catanzaro-style land snails arrive at the table in a fragrant pan of tomato, garlic, wild herbs, and chili pepper. The…

Catanzaro morzello (morzeddhu) is a deep red, richly aromatic stew in which tripe and veal offal simmer slowly in…

Morzello with tripe and mixed offal appears as a dense, dark stew, where small pieces of tripe and veal offal simmer…

Calabrian mustaccioli are dark, fragrant biscuits, often diamond-shaped, with a glossy surface and a soft, compact…

Catanzaro-style pasta chjna is a sumptuous baked pasta, golden on the surface and generously layered inside. Rigatoni…

Peppers and potatoes is a rustic, fragrant dish in which sweet peppers cut into strips are combined with golden…

Catanzaro-style pitta china is a rustic, golden flatbread, cut in half and generously filled before baking. Inside it…

Pitta cu morzeddhu is a hearty, intensely aromatic sandwich: a round, soft pitta is opened and filled with the famous…

Calabrian grilled sausage is slowly roasted over an open flame, with a golden, slightly crispy skin that encloses…

Spicy pork soffritto, locally called "suffrittu", is a dish with a deep red color and the penetrating aroma of chili…

Stockfish with potatoes and olives is a hearty, fragrant dish in which dried fish slowly melts into a red tomato…

Catanzaro-style tiana is a rich baked pasta timbale cooked in the traditional terracotta pan from which it takes its…

Turdilli are small fried sweets with an elongated, slightly curved shape, golden and glossy after being coated in…

A thick, steaming soup in which the beans slowly melt into the broth, creating a rustic and fragrant cream. The pork…

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