A piadineria in San Giovanni Valdarno

A piadineria (piadinerie as plural) is a type of restaurant who's main dish is the piadina romagnola

Piadina Romagnola

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The piadina is a flatbread originating from the Romagna region, originating from cuisine typical to peasant families, it's dough is made from mixing wheat grain and water together and seasoned with salt (older recipes might use poorer grains made from chestnut or acorns), and sometimes lard can be added too, it'scooked by using a testo originally but nowadays has mostly been abbandoned and replaced with pans cooked on gas stoves, or other types of stoves[1].[2]

History of the Piadinerie

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During the 60s the first piadinerie started happearing in cities in the Romagna region as kiosks where they were prepared at the moment and then served with different type of cheeses and/or different salumi. Nowadays, there are piadinerie all over italy, a major fast food chain named "La Piadineria" has around 350 restaurants[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Piadina Romagnola (Romagna-style flat bread)". Giallozafferano.com.
  2. ^ Johnson, Melissa. "Piadina (Italian Flatbread)". Breadtopia.
  3. ^ "La Piadineria taglia il nastro del 350° locale". confimprese.it.