Scacciata

Christmas evening? Scacciata!

Sudden hunger pangs? Scacciata!

Sunday with the family? Scacciata!

A Sicilian speciality, especially popular at Christmas: a kind of filled pizza with a thin, slightly crisp dough that can be filled in countless ways. 🤤

Born in the farming world, it was a way of “recycling” the previous day's leftovers, making them tastier and more nourishing.

Meat and vegetables were the favourite fillings, later enriched with potatoes.

It is said to have become a Christmas dish only in 1763, at the wish of Prince Moncada of Paternò, who decided to serve it to his guests that Christmas.

Since then scacciata, especially the version with tuma cheese and anchovies, has been a fixture on Catanese tables. 😋

A pizza that is always tempting, whether the classic with sausage and broccoli, with cauliflower, with tuma and anchovies, or with tuma and ham!

Our scacciate are made and baked in Mascalucia, and are also available for shipping in vacuum packs!