If ever there was a place in Naples to induce a heart attack, Starita a Materdei would be it. Large vats of oil bubble in the open kitchen, ready to receive dough worked into a variety of shapes and sizes. The pizzeria was immortalized in the 1954 film “L’Oro di Napoli” in which Sofia Loren fries dough in Starita’s frigittoria, a hole-in-the-wall shop selling fried street food.
Do not miss:
Angioletti: Finger size pieces of dough deep fried and covered with tomatoes, arugula, oil and salt for appetizers or drowned in Nutella and dusted with sugar for dessert.
Montanara: The dough is stretched out in a disk shape, deep fried, then topped with tomato sauce and cheese. Then its all baked in the oven to allow the flavors to blend.
Corna di Maradona: Dough stuffed with ricotta and bits of pork fat.
Via Materdei 27/28
081 5573682
0815441485
www.pizzeriastarita.it
Closed Mondays
Rob
December 10th, 2008 at 12:31 am
I want that.
Katie
December 10th, 2008 at 3:52 am
Ron it is so good. We MUST go there when i get back. A montanara followed by ngioletti with Nutella. Perfect!
Rob
December 11th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Ron? RON???
Katie
December 11th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Haha i forgot to tell you your nickname is Ron. Don’t you like it?
Alice Schoemann
January 10th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Katie,
Love your website. We’ll see you on the 28th–sounds wonderful.
Alice
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