Sfogliatella riccia is a shell-shaped pastry of thin lard-brushed dough coiled around semolina, ricotta, candied citrus and cinnamon, baked until shattering-crisp on the outside and custardy within.
Sfogliatella was created by the nuns of the Santa Rosa convent in Conca dei Marini on the Amalfi Coast around 1700; the recipe reached Naples in the 1800s when pastry cook Pasquale Pintauro adapted it for his Via Toledo shop, and the Neapolitan version became the city's definitive pastry. Today the canonical addresses for the riccia are Pasticceria Attanasio near the central station and Scaturchio in Piazza San Domenico Maggiore.
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Pasticceria Attanasio ★ 4.7
centro-storico · Vico Ferrovia 1/4, 80142 Napoli
Attanasio near Naples Central Station has fried sfogliatelle since 1930, with the riccia and frolla baked all day. Located in Centro Storico.
Scaturchio ★ 4.5
centro-storico · Piazza San Domenico Maggiore 19, 80134 Napoli
Scaturchio in Naples' Piazza San Domenico Maggiore has run the pastry-and-coffee counter since 1905, with the ministeriale (chocolate-rum disc) the house.
Gran Caffe Gambrinus ★ 4.5
toledo · Via Chiaia 1/2, 80132 Napoli
Gran Caffe Gambrinus on Piazza Trieste e Trento in Naples (1860) is the city's defining morning ritual, with the counter espresso and hot sfogliatella.
Sfogliatella Mary ★ 4.3
toledo · Galleria Umberto I 66, 80132 Napoli
Mary in Naples' Galleria Umberto I is the standing counter inside the 1887 arcade, with the sfogliatella riccia baked all day, sold piping hot to the Via.