Neapolitan taralli are savory ring-shaped crackers made with lard (sugna) and black pepper, boiled then baked until pale golden and snapping-crisp, sold warm in paper twists from street-side counters.
Taralli napoletani have been made in Naples since at least the 16th century, originally a poor man's biscuit baked in the residual heat of cooling wood ovens. The sugna (lard) and pepe nero version distinguishes the Neapolitan tarallo from the Pugliese variety made with olive oil; both the Leopoldo and Mergellina waterfront counters have kept the craft continuously.
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