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Monte Sant’Angelo poperato with spices and orange

Monte Sant’Angelo poperato with spices and orange

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A dry cake from Puglia, shaped like a crown, flavored with orange, cloves, cinnamon, and pepper, with a cross cut into it before baking.

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Recipe from Hippias, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Poporato is a typical sweet from Monte Sant’Angelo, in the province of Foggia. It is easy to prepare, and its spicy flavour, enhanced by orange, is distinctive.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total50 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$6.40 $0.53 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

12 people
  • $1.60
  • $0.24
  • $1.25
  • $0.20
  • $1.46
  • $1.28
  • $0.37

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Mix all the ingredients together until you have a smooth dough, adding the white wine at the end to bind the mixture (cocoa can be replaced with chocolate chips). ≈ 4 min
  2. Shape a ring or a long, round sausage about 3 to 4 cm high and approximately 60 cm long. Make cuts in the tarallo, without cutting through the entire dough. Bake at 180 °C for about 20 minutes.

The bill

Monte Sant’Angelo poperato with spices and orange

  • 1 kilogram of flour$1.60
  • 300 g of sugar$0.24
  • The zest and juice of 1 orange$1.25
  • 1 cube of fresh yeast (25 g)$0.20
  • 1.5 tablespoons of a mixture of ground cloves, cinnamon, and black pepper$1.46
  • 100 g of extra virgin olive oil$1.28
  • 100 ml of white wine (to finish the dough)$0.37

Total$6.40

that's $0.53 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kilogram of flour
  • 300 g of sugar
  • The zest and juice of 1 orange
  • 1 cube of fresh yeast (25 g)
  • 1.5 tablespoons of a mixture of ground cloves, cinnamon, and black pepper
  • 100 g of extra virgin olive oil
  • 100 ml of white wine (to finish the dough)
  • 30 g of cocoa or chocolate chunks

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