Cancella Materana - Tarallo 250 gr

We present Pane e Pace on our e-commerce platform: a brand where tradition meets authenticity, offering you the chance to experience the unique flavours of Matera's centuries-old bakery tradition. For over three generations, Pane e Pace has been a cornerstone of the Matera community, a city where history and culture are deeply intertwined. Here, time seems to stand still, allowing traditions to be carefully preserved and at the same time modernised. Pane e Pace has mastered the art of bread-making, creating products that are not just food, but an expression of community identity. Lucia Perrone, the heart and soul of Pane e Pace, continues this legacy by producing traditional bread and biscuits with a wood-fired oven. Each product is made with a deep sense of responsibility, selecting only the best raw materials to ensure that they are not only delicious but also healthy. The ‘Cancella Materana’ is a type of hard bread, essentially a tarallo, that is versatile enough to be enjoyed in various everyday meals. It belongs to the category of ‘bis-cotti,’ meaning it is baked twice-first in a humid environment, and then in a wood-fired oven. The dough is characteristically firm; after being mixed, it undergoes a lamination process, passing through two rollers to give it elasticity and resilience, which makes it easier to handle. As the saying goes, ‘firm dough, confident baker. Just like with bread, the people of Matera have their own unique shape for the tarallo: two crossed arms, which they call ‘cancella.’ Does it perhaps mean it ‘erases’ the sins of gluttony?