The panzerotto (technically Pugliese, but adopted by Milan since 1949) is a fried half-moon dough pocket stuffed with tomato and mozzarella. Luini's by the Duomo set the city standard with cash-only counter sales since 1

The panzerotto is the Pugliese street snack adopted by Milan when the Luini family opened their counter on Via Santa Radegonda steps from the Duomo in 1949. The half-moon dough pocket, stuffed with tomato sugo and fior di latte mozzarella, deep-fried for two minutes in seed oil, is now the canonical Milan lunch-on-the-feet for under 5 euros. Luini sells more than 4,000 panzerotti a day at the counter; Forno e Pasticceria Princi runs a competing version at Via Speronari. The dough is a soft pizza-bianca lievitato that puffs and crisps in the fryer.

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