Belly and Panzerotto

The Italian street food Panzerotto has quite a funny name.

It comes from “Panza“, which literally means “belly“.

And no. It wasn’t named like this as a warning of its abundant nutritional qualities.

Their shape, especially that swelling due to the leavening, reminded those peasant who first came out with the recipe a tummy.

Neverthless, a pizza dough pastry filled with tomato and mozzarella or other pizza toppings, and then deep fried, doesn’t have a small number of calories.

But c’mon… every now and again we can pass on counting calories and enjoy deep-fried food!

Yeah, ok… I sell fryers and stuff…

But I mean that!