Sfogliatella riccia is a shell-shaped pastry of thin, crinkled lard-brushed dough coiled around a filling of 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.
4 editor picks for Sfogliatella Riccia in Naples, ranked by editorial score. All Naples signature dishes · Sfogliatella Riccia across every city.
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. The shop sits in a tiny side-street with the smell of hot lard the marker.
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 signature alongside the sfogliatella.
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 the Neapolitan brunch before brunch was a concept.
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 Toledo passing crowd.