Pizza a Portafoglio in Naples "the Wallet/Booklet pizza" 🍕🤏

Pizza a Portafoglio in Naples "the Wallet/Booklet pizza" , the people food at cheap price € 1,50 /2,00 . History , what is it , where to eat it.

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Pizza is a hymn glorifying Neapolitan cuisine. In Naples, the classic pie cooked in a brick oven, which you eat with a knife and fork as an entire meal and can find all over Italy, has been converted into street food. Pizza a portafoglio (literally “wallet” pizza) is a usually margherita or marinara type pie, slightly smaller than the classic one and with a thinner border, folded in four (which is why it’s also called “a libretto,” or booklet). It’s served freshly baked in a paper wrapper.

This kind of pizza is a natural evolution of the Neapolitan pizza tradition

The low price and the fact that can be taken away means that often people buy it and eat it few meters away from the pizzeria, sitting on a wall or a staircase. That’s why is the “people food”, as it’s loved by anyone, students, workers, homeless people, and any social class. It makes everyone happy.

The main feature is the dough, soft and elastic, that you can fold on its side, something you can’t do with other kinds of pizza

Every now and then you burn your fingers, sometimes your palate, but these drawbacks never exceed the benefit of being able to eat one of the simplest and tastiest things in the world while walking down the street. It does, however, take a little technique to keep from getting yourself covered with sauce. The price is unbeatable. It can be found exclusively in the alleys of the historic center (centro storico)

Where to eat pizza a portafoglio in Naples? "best in town"

Antica Pizzeria Port’Alba

Address : via Port'alba 18 , 80134 Naples

In addition to being considered the first pizzeria in Naples in 1738, they say that the pizza a portafoglio was born right here in the heart of the historic center, under the vault of the ancient gate that connects Piazza Dante with Piazza Bellini. The poet Gabriel D’Annunzio, philosopher Benedetto Croce and even Francesco Crispi, one of the architects of Italian unification, all ate there. In those days the freshly baked pizzas were given to street vendors who then sold them on the street with the “ogge a otto” payment system – eight days to pay. This street is now known for its bookstores and eating a pizza a portafoglio while browsing books is a memorable experience that will take us back through the past.

Pizzeria Di Matteo

Address : Via dei Trbunali 44

When it comes to listing the masters of pizza a portafoglio, you cannot mention Di Matteo, a historic pizzeria that’s now internationally famous. In 1994 then US president Bill Clinton came here to take a break from the G7 summit, choosing the pizza a portafoglio made by the expert hands of this family of pizza-makers. The heir, Salvatore, is currently entrusted with the recipes and secrets that have been handed down for more than 80 years.

Pizzeria & Trattoria Al 22

Address : Via pignasecca 22

Still in the Pignasecca district, there is Al 22, which is not just a pizzeria but also a trattoria. At the entrance, there is a showcase where the renowned pizza a portafoglio linger for no more than a few minutes. Here they are veritable miniature pizzas and their border is slightly larger than the usual “a libretto” ones.

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