When traveling on our walking tour through Puglia, the “heel of the boot” of Italy, food is everywhere. Beneath majestic olive trees, there are fields of red earth planted with vegetables, and the night air smells like celery. Long expanses of wheat fields produce the local flour used in excellent crusty bread, and then there are the raucous fish markets, teeming with wriggling sea creatures. And we haven’t begun to get to the exquisitely creamy burrata cheese, the oh-so-sweet tomatoes, or the heady Primitivo wine, thus named because it describes your ability to make a sentence after a few glasses.
On one occasion, while traveling through Puglia with friends, we stopped in a bar in
Martina Franca to have an aperitivo, and the waiter asked if we wanted stuzzichini – appetizer snacks – with our drinks. When we said yes, out came bowls of soft bocconcini of mozzarella, plump green olives, oven-baked black olives flecked with hot pepper, bits of salami, tiny one-bite pizzette, pickled lampascioni, sun-dried tomatoes, and crunchy taralli, spiced with fennel seeds and black pepper.
In other words, a meal for most people. When we commented to the waiter about how this could suffice as dinner, he laughed and said, “Only if you aren’t pugliese.” And so, wanting to fit in with the locals, we headed off to dinner. We found more taralli in the breadbasket at dinner, and they became our addiction during the trip.
Munching on taralli will just be one of the many things we’ll be tasting on our Puglia Walk , but since that is months away, I decided to make a batch at home. You’ll find my complete taralli recipe at the end of this post, but here are the basics:
Taralli are quite simple to make, with an unleavened dough of flour, salt, extra-virgin olive oil, and white wine. You can leave the dough plain or spice it with fennel seeds or cracked black pepper.
Take walnut-sized pieces of dough and shape into thin ropes about 5 inches (10 cm) long, then bring the ends together to form a ring. It’s okay if they look like a teardrop.
Next, the rings are briefly cooked in a pot of boiling water until they float to the 
surface, then removed with a slotted spoon and left to cool and dry on a clean cloth.
Place the taralli on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and bake until the taralli are golden brown. Cool on a rack and serve with an aperitivo – drink the rest of that white wine you used to make the dough – or fill a breadbasket and serve at dinner.
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Traditional Taralli Recipe from Puglia
Prep Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Yield: About 100 taralli
Serving Size: Unlimited!
Ingredients
- 4 cups (1 lb, 500 grams) flour
- 1 tsp (10 grams) salt
- 2/3 cup (150 ml) extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup (200 ml) dry white wine
- optional spices:
- 1-2 tsp fennel seeds or cracked black pepper
Cooking Directions
- In a large bowl, mix the flour and salt.
- Add the oil and wine, and mix with a fork until the dough forms into a rough mass.
- Dump the dough onto a wooden board and knead it for about 5 minutes, until it is smooth.
- If you want to add any optional spices, knead them into the dough (or divide the dough and add spice to ½ of the dough) – knead well to distribute the spice.
- Cover the dough and let it rest, along with your arms, for 15-30 minutes.
- Pinch walnut-sized pieces of dough, roll first between your hands, and then against the wooden cutting board, so that the dough forms a thin rope, about ½ inch (1 cm) in diameter and 4” long (10 cm).
- Shape each rope into a ring, and seal the edges together by pressing lightly, then set aside the taralli rings on a wooden board and cover with a towel.
- In the meantime, bring a large pot of water to boil.
- Put 6-10 of the taralli into the boiling water, and when they float to the surface – this will only take 30-60 seconds – remove them with a slotted spoon and place them on a cloth to dry and cool.
- Tip: Try not to plop one tarallo on top of another when dropping them into the pot, and if they stick to the bottom, give them a gentle nudge with the slotted spoon
- Put the cooled taralli on baking sheets and bake in a preheated oven at 375°F (200°C) for about 25 minutes, until golden.
- Remove and cool on racks.
- Store in a closed container to keep them crisp, and serve with an aperitivo – they are the a nice accompaniment for the rest of that dry white wine – or pile them into a breadbasket at dinner.
i made this recipe today and they turned out great! i made plain, fennel & pepper ones. dead easy to make just needed to add a bit of water to dough as was a bit dry.
@Tina – So glad to hear that you made my taralli recipe and they turned out well! Flour can differ from place to place, but it sounds like you got the right consistency. Do you have a favorite flavor of the 3 you made?
My son has Celiac so I wanted him enjoy the Taralli too. I bought the gluten free flour
that had the Xanthan Gum in it.I fallowed the directions. I had trouble because the dough was sticking together . Instead of throwing the whole thing away I figured that if I mixed two eggs in the dough it would stick together . It worked the Taralli came out good and delicious. I’m writing this because if there is anybody with celiac , they can enjoy the Taralli too. I don’t know if the stores sell Gluten free Taralli. If they do, I’m sure that they are expensive.
Glad this worked out for you Anna, and thanks for the info!
Thank you!!!
We just returned from Puglia where our guide gave us her recipe for these. She did not mention the boiling step. Have you ever made them without boiling before baking?
Hi Louise – While I have seen recipes for taralli that don’t require boiling, I have never made them that way, and think the boiling step is what gives the characeristic smooth surface and particular taste to taralli – (similar to method used for making bagels). Why not make both and compare? Let me know how they turn out- Ciao, Anita
Hey Louise did you try not boiling? I actually like the taralli that are more like shortbread without the shiny surface – is this how yours came out and is your recipe the same. Thanks SO much
I made these today and I love them! I lived in Rome for a year and am addicted to these. They are easy to make however I found them a bit heavier than the store bought taralli. Any ideas why?
Diane- Glad to hear you made the taralli successfully. If they were a bit heavy, try cutting back on the flour, as the dough should be soft. Buon appetito!
Try using all or half 00 flour
Born and raised in Trani, Puglia, I know taralli.
Just made a batch of them following your recipe. Fantastic and delicious . Grazie
Curious if you’ve used any part of a very finely ground durum flour. We just returned from the Puglia region & I thought durum was part of the flour mixture. Going to try these & maybe experiment with the flours.
What type of white flour should be used. Bread or normal plain? Thanks
Plain all purpose flour – not bread flour.
What kind of flour for these tarralli ? All purpose ,bleached,unbleached? Doesn’t matter.
I used all purpose flour, I don’t think it matters. This is a very forgiving recipe. Let me know how they turn out-
thank you for the taralli recipe, its what I”ve been looking for. Im so excited I cant wait to make them, will let you know how they turned out.
My grandmother is from Bisceglie in Puglia. She made taralli every year at the holidays but used a yeast dough as we still do today. Our family taralli are coveted by our friends and family.
Rie- I know some recipes call for yeast, but mine does not.
In Jerusalem there is a little snack like this- called beigele-for lack of anything better. A big fatter, but more or less the same.
Enjoy, everyone, whatever the version.
@ Anita – My children love the fennel ones and all the adults love the black pepper ones. just printed off the receipe again as over this wknd i will be making a few hundred for me, my mum & brother for the festive period. It takes me a long time to make them as my 6 & 7 yr old will be helping me but thats what it’s all about. Happy christmas & New year
I have been making boiled pepper biscuits for a long time ( 85 years old) the way my sainted mother taught me. In her recipe she used yeast. I notice that there is no yeast listed in your version. Does this recipe require no yeast?
That is correct Beniamino, there is no yeast in this recipe. I know some recipes call for it, but this is the one I stick with-
Had these growing up and remember watching my mom and aunt with the pot of boiling water. we called them salt and pepper cookies. so glad i now have the recipe and make them for myself. i did find a bakery in NJ that makes them.
Cyndie – I like the name salt & pepper cookies – good with white wine…
I made my first batch over the Holidays, and they turned out exactly lie the ones I remember from an Italian deli in elm wood park, Illinois. Today I am going to make another batch and send them to my 96 year old father in law.
The hints about the moisture vs dryness were really helpful ; I live in the southwest and a little bit of extra wine and oil made them perfect! Thanks!
Becky- Glad these taralli brought back such good memories. And hope your 96-year old father in law enjoys his batch!
Why Did my Taralli come soft inside
Roni- You proabably did not bake them long enough or you had a dough that was too soft. Hope they still tasted good!
Wow, these are clearly difficult to mess up, YAY!! I have been buying store bought tarallis that me and my 2.5 year old love. Being someone who is always trying to make things healthier, I decided to try a half whole wheat version. So I used 50% whole wheat pastry flour and 50% organic white spelt flour – the dough was too dry, but I kept kneading and kneading 🙂 only to realize after letting it sit for 30 minutes that it was truly too dry to stay together when rolling! So I sort of crumbled it all up again, randomly added extra oil and wine and kneaded a little more, then followed the rest of instructions. They turned out perfectly!! Great texture. I used fennel which I love. Can’t wait to see how my daughter feels about them. Next time I want to try some spicy ones, dry chilli pepper? Thank you so much.
Glad these turned out so well, even with your whole wheat addition-
My 4 year old and I are rapidly finishing the first bag I ever tasted and brought home from Italy yesterday….. Glad my quick thinking brought me here, LOL! I have to start baking before my little one goes into withdrawal! Thanks!!!!!!
Get in the kitchen and start baking, Gwen! I am sure your 4-year old will enjoy your homemade taralli, too.
hi.. i loved this recipe.. i would like to know is there any substitute for white wine.. because dont take alcohol in any form. And whats the difference between bread flour and plain flour. pls help me.
hi.. i loved this recipe.. i would like to know is there any substitute for white wine.. because we dont take alcohol in any form. And what is the difference between bread flour and plain flour. pls help me.
You might try using a bit of vinegar or lemon juice mixed with water instead of the wine. Bread flour has morre gluten, but using plain flour is fine. Let me know how they turn out!
” … Because don’t take alcohol in any form … “. By the time the taralli are boiled AND baked there will be no alcohol left. Ethanol evaporates at a lower temperature than water, so if you have dried the taralli the amount of alcohol remaining will be undetectable.
Do you use artificial vanilla, other flavorings? They virtually all have alcohol, but the same principle applies. By the time your food is cooked the alcohol has evaporated.
Making these for my Italian Appt Table!! No Yeast?
This recipe has worked well for me!
i am italian, born in Canada, and these are one of my favourite italian snacks! theres a great italian grocery and cheese factory in Toronto where my family always go to, and we’d buy Taralli by the pound, all different flavours….but now i live in Germany and in the town i live in there arent many Italians, so i cant find all the delicious italian treats i crave. so i stumbled on this recipe and thank god i did. they turned out so so fantastically, that ive made several batches in the last few days using fennel seeds, caraway seeds, crushed chili…ive even experiented with a bit of tomato paste mixed with drived basil and oregano for a sort of pizza flavour like i used to find at that grocery in Toronto and they all worked out amazingly!. they are delicious and just exactly what i needed in my home-sick state! thanks for posting!!
Just back from Italy and found your recipe just as withdrawal was setting in. Do these freeze well? I’d like to make a huge batch to have around for drop-in company.
I have never tried freezing them becuase I eat them so quickly, but don’t see why it wouldn’t work. Happy baking!
I loved these little snacks I discovered in Puglia. Great article and thank you so much for the recipe!! I will give it a try!
Years ago my mom used to buy a biscuit she said was Italian and I loved it. Anyone help me find some. They were round like a bagel, very shiny and the inside was chewy, very white, chewy but a bit hard, just a little sweet, I remember how chewy and they were and white inside. I called them bagels but they really did not resemble a bagel. So good. Love to find some. Please help/ Thank you
Since returning from my very first trip to southern Italy, and have tasted the taralli from the Naples region, I have been obsessed with discovering the one “true” taralli – that is a taralli that isn’t almost precisely a bagel, but is rather more of a lighter, almost biscotti result. I am dying to try your recipe. Until our Italy trip, my only prior experiences with taralli were with my family. Theirs were always completely hard, like a cannon ball. I also knew of no taralli recipe in which they were prepared unleavened. As a child, I had an aunt that made her version of taralli at every Easter. We kids used to scatter to the four winds whenever she brought her taralli to the family Easter table. Those horrible things didn’t even dissolve when dunked into boiling hot coffee!
When I tasted taralli in Naples, and I begged the bakers to share secrets, I learned all of them made these wonderfully different treats alike. Theirs were made with wine and no yeast. I am going to try my own hand at resurrecting the venerable taralli to our family table. Your recipe looks closest to what I was able to learn from my trip. Oh, one tip – the local Neapolitan bakers added crushed hazel nuts to their recipe. I guess hazel nuts are a big part of southern Italy baking, and a tasty and wonderful addition.
I just went through the same experience you describe. I was stunned to have taralli that weren’t able to break my teeth but were delicious airy and crispy.
Since returning from my very first trip to southern Italy, and have tasted the taralli from the Naples region, I have been obsessed with discovering the one \\
I was just in Italy last month. I am so addicted to these. Can i make these with the white wine?
I’m just back from Venice and I bought a bag of Taralli on a market. This is the second time i have tasted this ‘biscuit’. These are rosemary flavoured and I cannot think of any better herb to go with it, I can’t have enough of them!! When it’s all gone I’m sure ill be making a bunch of them as the recipe sounds so easy! Thanks for the post;)
Guys!! Try to flavour them with rosemary, just brought back some from Italy! They are delicious!
Hi Anita.
I love your site. I’m from Foggia, Puglia. A little town called Bovino. My Mom and Grandmothers and Zias make these amazing taralli but use flour, melted shortening, eggs, sugar, and a shot of whiskey to in the dough. Have you come across this recipe?
I love dunking these babies in red wine. A tradition at our house still today. Thanks for sharing. D.B.
Hi Dina,
Am reading your post of 2013 after responding to Anita, thinking she was from Bovino. Looks like you may have posted instead. Anyways, I was intrigued to see someone was from Bovino as my mother and father immigrated from Bovino in the 1920’s. My mothers recipe was almost identical except no sugar or whiskey.
My mother used to make Taralli, but I don’t have her recipe. In the stores there are 2 types: One is crispy sort of like a cracker. The other is hard and crunchy. These are the ones my mother mother made. Finding this variety in the stores is rare. I like them so much better than the cracker type. Does your recipe come out like a cracker or hard and crunchy?
I just made these today. The time given makes them still soft in the middle. Kinda like a cracker. I like mine hard and crunchy. I reduced the temp to 350 and kept putting them on for 5 additional minutes…flippling each time. I found 15 minutes extra at 350 made the perfect crunchy texture 🙂
Hi Laura, Glad to hear that with perseverance you got the right texture that you wanted. Enjoy the crunch!
Anita, I have tried these twice and they are gummy inside. What am I doing wrong? They don’t seem to rise well either. They taste ok but look raw inside
@ Renee — no, no yeast. My Grandma and Mother made this recipe for years, and they turned out fine with no yeast.
Want to make these with my adult children. A fond memory, a delicious treat!
Jersey girl relocated to rural Virginia. NO taralles here! Thanks, they are just what I needed!
Anita,
My grandparents came from Bisceglie in the early 1900’s and my Nonna brought many recipes with her, this included. My Mom, who just passed away last year at 92, always made taralli to perfection. I always helped her and have our family recipe. We always use anise seeds and have yeast in the dough.
Lots of good family memories.
A traditional Ata dolly isn’t like the ones you buy in the store they are a little heavier that’s the way they’re supposed to be! To me the ones you buy in the store for more light cracker texture not like the
Anitas I love your tarralli. I make the same way you recommended and I have made with dry garlic and dry basil, another dry onion it they are delicious. I only have one problem is they stay golden when they come out but some of them get tuff. What do you recommend I do. Also I have seen a italian video making tarralli and they add white vinager to the hot water before putting in the tarralli do you know what does the vinager to to the Tarralli?
I have never used vinegar and mine come out fine, so don’t know the vinegar’s purpose.
I tried the taralli recipe today and they turned out lovely! I made four kinds: fennel, nigella, pepper and plain and liked the nigella best.
Thanks so much for sharing the recipe, I’ll definitely make them again!
You are very welcome!
My grandmother used to make something similar to these with the fennel seeds and called them “taralli” but they were more like a bagel. Do you know of a recipe that would be like a bagel with the fennel seeds. I would greatly appreciate it if you would share this with me. Thank you in advance
Sorry, can’t help you out on this one. Maybe try a bagel recipe?
Just made them and I love them. Though had to bake longer than 25 minutes.
Glad they turned out well. Everyone’s oven is different, so it make take longer to get the results you need.
i made the recipe but used 3 1/2 cups of flour and 1/2 cup of olive oil. the dough was soft and easy to work with baked them with 360 F oven took about 30 minutes to become golden but the taralli came out a bit too hard any ideas why?
Perhaps try using a bit less flour- Or just dip in wine until soft:)
As I read your recipe my head kept remindng me that is exactly what my mother did. Almost brought tears to my eyes. She was from Trani, Italy a province of Bari. Thank you for a wonderful memory. My son is just getting through making a batch.
Trani is a lovely town – I am glad this recipe brought back good memories.
Just made it and very good indeed. Thank you for sharing recipe.
I would like to add two remarks:
* flour is exactly 1 pound or 445 gr
* I baked for 30 mins on 375 F than 10 on 350 F than 30 mins on 250 F. That helped to make them very crispy inside as well.
That’s a long time to bake them, but I am glad they turned out well.
My mother was from a town near Bari, Palo del Colle. I grew up eating Taralli. Mom called them,” biscotti”. Have made them in the past but forgot them as I grew older.
I stayed for 2 weeks in Puglia earlier this year and loved the taralli so thank you Anita for the recipe. I have been making it with water to mix (as I don’t often have wine) and the taralli have been just as good. Today I am experimenting using some beer to replace the wine as I had a small bottle in the fridge. The dough looks good so far. I will report on the flavour later.
OMG so excited to find this on your site! I googled Taralli because we just ate the last packet that Alitalia served us. Anita, you are the gift that keeps on giving. 🙂
Thanks Toni – If you make these, let me know how they turn out!
For years I have being making these taralli\\\’s with no success. I was given a recipe using Crisco. I made them with my kids & grandchildren to keep my tradition alive. Every year it was a disaster. They always came out very hard. I finally found your recipe & they came out just the way I remember when my mother made them. Flaky in the mouth. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Domenica
I am 2nd generation Italian and lived in an Italian neighborhood growing up in New England. Our neighbor, directly from southern Italy (don’t know the exact location), made Taralli (we, who were born in the US, always pronounced them as “thralls”, lost something in the generation and Italian language). They were bagel like as well as others were thinner like what you describe on this site with spices. The bagel-like ones were very puffy egg-like color center and almost hollow like a croissant, but firm and crunchy on the outside. I only recall one thing about the recipe that they were boiled in water first (nothing was written down and always made my our neighbor’s “Noni”). They were an Easter treat and coated with anise flavored powder sugar glaze with colorful sprinkles on the glaze. Baked fresh they were great for eating as is, but older/stale, they were hard as a rock and could only be eaten by dunking in hot coffee. You’ve brought fond memories to me with this site and your recipe. Thank you and may God bless you!
I know of these they are fantastic – haven’t had them in years and unfortunately don’t know what they are called but I think the dough was ‘egg-y’ or like choux. Light and delicate. Wish I could find a recipe for them!
I have made this recipe a few times and they taste great. My mother-in-law from Calabria made them without wine and with yeast and they were a little lighter. Do you have a recipe like that? Would yeast add any rising to this recipe?
I made them they came so good and yes i agree water is needed
i will do more and add water and see how they come
thank you
I just made them they came soo good
they will be all gone by tonight with my brothers we will have them with wine
thank you
my mother’s receipe calls for baking powder and yeast, I have not tried your receipe which I will do after these are gone. They do come out good but I am curious the difference in taste between the toe receipes .ciao
Our family recipie is very similar. My grand parents from Faggia made these starting in the fall every year in the 50’s. My mother with her family of 10 morphed the recipe using 5 lbs of flour (usually unbleached Cerasota), 1 cup of EV, 2.5 tbsp salt, 2.5 tbsp black pepper, 3/4 cup Fennel & 4.5 cups water. We made 2 batches this year and they are all gone. Your recipie is the first we’ve seen similar to ours (boiled then baked just as you described). All of the others I have had are not as good (addicting). We sometimes make them as a group effort with friends and neighbors. Its a great social activity.
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Dear Anita
I made these but I put egg to glaze just before I put them in the oven. I am convinced my mother use to do this
Is there a taralli that is made with shortening and has more of a pastry-like texture? I had something in Naples last week that had blanched almonds and maybe cayenne pepper but I could have sworn the receipt said taralli. Thank you.
I have recently got into bread baking at 70, and after a trip to Italy where we tried shop bought Tirallis. It was suggested I tried making them at home and I found your recipe on the internet. Great success, I made half fennel and half black pepper which my wife said tasted far better than bought ones and also gave a good excuse for opening a bottle of white wine to have with them.
Thank you.
Had these in Umbria a month ago – so delicious – but they were flakey, almost like a flakey pie crust – but not tender, and quite crunchy. Any thoughts about how to get the flakey quality?
Hi Tamar, Did anyone even reply re your 2015 question (follows) re Tarallis? I would like to know too. Thanks! Susan
Had these in Umbria a month ago – so delicious – but they were flakey, almost like a flakey pie crust – but not tender, and quite crunchy. Any thoughts about how to get the flakey quality?
Hi Tamar, Did anyone even reply re your 2015 question re Tarallis? I would like to know too. Thanks! Susan
Very excited to try this recipe! We’ve just returned from Italy where we’ve done a bit a taralli tasting – buying different types in different towns, in different markets and have become obsessed. My dad, who lives there turned us on to them.
Now, the one bag I brought home is dwindling and I need my fix!
I used to ate them in Mar del Plata Argentina, It was a family recipe, so I always depended of my old aunties to do it for me. Today a cousin past me the recipe and at the same time googled it and found it yours. The recipes are the same so the tradition all over the world carries on!
I noticed that your recipe doesn’t call for any yeast. What type of flour are you using?
All purpose flour works just fine.
Absolutely delicious! My husband tried one and said, “If I didn’t know better, I would have said they were shop-bought!” Che meraviglia – and so easy to make! Can I just add a couple of points? 10 grams of salt is equivalent to 2 level teaspoonsful… and the mix benefits from resting for the suggested time, but then being put in the fridge for half an hour or so. When draining, move them from the teatowel (after drying) to the baking tray as soon as you can, because I found they can stick to the tea-towel…I added some chilli flakes to the mix and there’s this wnderful ‘warm’ after-taste that tingles in the mouth. Once baked, I left them in the oven, but turned the oven off, then removed them 10 minutes later. Perfect gifts for Christmas nibbles! Perfetti e Ottimi! COMPLIMENTI!!
I have made them before with unbleached all purpose flour and they were just not quite right. I have seen recepies with that and 00 flour, or similena flour and 00 pizza flour. I was curious about the flour used in their recepie.
Thank you,
Bill
I use either 0 or 00 flour, so all purpose should work fine.
Just came from Albero bello Italy and tasted these wonderful tarrelli , we even got some back home ( Malta ) with us . I looked for the recipe and found yours , will definitely try them out . Thanks a million.
Thank You and God Bless You for Sharing… My Mom God Rest Her Soul was born and raised in Taranto Italia…Provincia di Bari… She and her 11 sibblings always made Taralli… And they were to die for… Her recipe and yours is identical. Only she also made them with Lard and pieces of fried Prociutto…They would take the end part of the Prociutto and cut it up in to tiny little pieces, fry it and put into the mix…Have you ever done this as well? Just curious… They were also so so delicioso… <3
I followed the recipe and they turned beautifully.
Couldn’t stop eating them. Will definitely make them again.
Thank you for sharing.
Looked high and low for a recipe like my aunt made. This is it! She,and now I, use both fennel and black pepper. Found I needed to add a little more wine for the right consistency. We had them for holidays before dinner with a glass of wine. I now carry on that tradition.
Hi, can the dough be kneaded in my kitchen aid stand mixer and for how long?
These look so good, can’t wait to make them!
I don’t have a stand mixer, but I think it should work – let me know how they turn out!
I do not own a stand mixer, but think it would work, just don’t overdo it!
Do you not use any Yeast in this recipe? I have seen most others list this.
This recipe works fine without yeast – try it and let me know!
I love this recipe. I made a batch with and without fennel. Fennel made them so delicious. I used Proseco since I did not have any white wine, and they came out very nice. I liked them so well that I’m making another batch, and I’m adding an amaro to the mix to see what happens. The dough seems much softer this time around, but it is still sturdy.
So glad to hear that you have had good results with this recipe, Vicki!
I can’t wait to make these but I was hoping to cut the recipe in half. Can I do that ?
Hi Bridget – While I haven’t tried to do it, I see no reason why you can’t halve the recipe. Let me know how they turn out!
This is my third time making them.
My parents are from Puglia and I remember them making them I have aunt who at the present moment are still making them. Great recipe
Hi Tony – I am so glad that you have made these taralli successfully, and glad that they brought back good memories for you.
These were so much fun to make! This was my first attempt making these and I was worried that it would make too many, but I think I will have to make another batch soon as they didn’t last too long! I pulled all the spices from my cabinet to try different combinations – black pepper, garlic, caraway, rosemary, cumin and chili powder, curry, even a few cinnamon and nutmeg ones – all were delightful and tasty. Thanks for sharing this recipe and I know it’s going to become a regular in my kitchen.
So glad to hear that you had fun making these – it sounds like you were very creative in using spices and they all sound delicious!
Why won’t my tarralli sink to the bottom when I place them in boiling water that I reduced to a simmer before adding them? I have also tried to drop the tarralli into the water as it boils. Never do they sink to the bottom of the pot. Help!!
Hi Pat,
I have no idea why your taralli are not sinking – this has never happened to me – but I would just proceed by letting them cook for about 3 minutes in the water before removing them and baking tham as per the directions. Good luck!
l just made taralli with your recipe flavoured with Fennel, they tuned perfect. My Mum was from Foggia, Puglia. She always made a sweet Tarrali but do not have a recipe for these. they were beautiful, crumbly and soft inside. Would you have a recipe.?
I am glad to hear that your fennel taralli turned out perfectly, Marilena. Unfortunately, I do not have a recipe for the soft sweet version of taralli, thouhg I have certinaly eaten my share when in Puglia!
Ciao,
Anita
I just got back from Puglia and we ate some delicious taralli that had raisins (small pieces of) in them. They were also delicious and a bit sweet.
Just Lve making these. Put a lot of fennel in the mix and now also adding Candy fennel. Just yum
Can these taralli be baked in an air fryer
Just come back from a trip tp Puglia and fell in love with these.
The recipe works beautifully and the taste and texture definitely authentic
Frances
I am glad to hear that the recipe worked so well for you, Frances- Taralli are addicting!
Ciao,
Anita