Campania · Benevento

Tiella padulese

Rich head meat, fried potato and acidic peppers: winter fat cut by vinegar and fire.

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What it is

A Paduli dish of meat from the pig’s head, potatoes and pickled peppers, brought together in one pan after separate cooking.

Origin place card

Paduli gives the dish its name and vessel: tiella, once a copper pan used over a lively fireplace.

Verified history

Source-framed history/tradition only: E’ un piatto tipico della cucina padulese che prende il nome dal recipiente di rame in cui veniva anticamente preparato per poi essere cotto sul fuoco vivace di un camino. La tiella è un

Ingredients

Piatto a base di carne ottenuta dalla testa del maiale, patate e peperoni sotto aceto.

Method

Soffriggere in poco olio la carne di maiale tagliata a pezzi non troppo grossi con gli odori, l’aglio e il lardo, a metà cottura poi vi si aggiunge il vino bianco. Far rosolare. In

Why travel for it

This is the kind of page that makes a reader want to find Paduli in winter, not in a generic tourist season.

Recreate-it pathway

Requires safety-conscious butchery guidance and a modern adaptation; do not publish without head-meat sourcing notes.

Fieldwork questions

Recover named local cooks, household variants, exact quantities, equipment, occasion, and where it is still served today.

Photo brief

Copper pan with pork, potatoes and pickled peppers near a fireplace.