{"id":5516,"date":"2023-01-18T04:40:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T09:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=5516"},"modified":"2023-01-18T04:42:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T09:42:13","slug":"bread-of-altamura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/18\/bread-of-altamura\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread of Altamura"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pane di Altamura Dop<\/strong>\u00a0is a traditional Apulian bread product from the zone of the Murgia Altamura in the province of Bari.\u00a0<\/p>

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Traditional Bread of Altamura in the province of Bari – Photo Delicious Italy<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Delicious Italy – To get an idea as to how long and how much this bread has been part of the Puglia local food culture, the\u00a0Latin poet Orazio<\/strong>\u00a0in the 37 BC was hailing it the best bread he had ever eaten.<\/p>

The Bread’s Place in Local Life<\/h3>

For centuries in local agricultural society each family used to prepare a large dough of bread at home<\/strong>. <\/p>

They would then take it to a public oven<\/strong> or ‘forno a legna’ where it would cook with others made by families from the rest of the village. <\/p>

To avoid confusion the baker would mark each piece of bread with the name of its owner<\/strong>.<\/p>

When baked each family knew which loaf was theirs. <\/p>

Although it is more romantic to think that the baker would call out the names one by one as he distributed the finished product.<\/p>

The main characteristic of Altamura bread is its shelf life<\/strong>. It can last one or even two weeks and the average loaf is a kilo in weight. <\/p>

This was to guarantee sustenance for the workers<\/strong> in the sparse fields of the \u2018Murgie\u2019.<\/p>

Such was the filling nature of the bread their weekly diet consisted of little more than bread, olive oil and water.<\/p>

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