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briciolata

fried bread crumbs

A very traditional sauce for pici: stale bread broken up in crumbs (briciole; singular briciola) and fried in olive oil, usually with the addition of garlic and parsley.

Sauces

Tuscany

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Image by Ron Dollete