LA BONACCIA…Pizza and Paposcia in Vieste Centro Storico
This was a recommendation from a waiter at our hotel, after I asked about a dish I’d not heard of before: Paposcia. You’ll see it offered at many places but the waiter, who was a local, insisted that this was THE place to sample this staple of the Gargano coastal towns.
LA BONACCIA turned out to specialize not only in paposcia but also in pizza.
Each of these dishes had two sections on the menu: Paposcia and Paposcia Gourmet, Pizza and Pizza Gourmet.
I had the paposcia rustica, which turned out to be a very large sandwich on pizza-dough bread; honestly it was a bit of a disappointment, kind of dry with the amount of bread overpowering the tomato and cheese. In retrospect, I should simply have added more olive oil, but I did not and so gave up after consuming half the dish.
Partner had FAR better luck and was kind enough to share the excellent pizza Margherita, part of which you should be able to see in the foreground of photo, above.
My paposcia cost 10 euro; the Margherita pizza, enough for two, was 6 euro.
From the Vieste in the Gargano, we drove to Molise, which Italians jokingly call, “the region that does not exist,” and settled into our hotel in coastal Termoli, just as the hot sunny weather took a turn for the worse. Will write up our meals in Termoli and inland Molise in another thread.
