Cartellate: The Pugliese Way to Wrap Christmas

Last year I spent part of the holiday season in Puglia where I enjoyed many seasonal specialties, including the nests of fried dough known as cartellate.   They are perhaps the most recognized and widespread holiday desserts of the region; you will find them from Gargano (north) to Salento (south) also going by the names “carteddate” […]