In Naples, every good housewife believes the holding of the original recipe for this dessert that combines ancient Christian symbols and family traditions.<\/p>\n
Pastiera , perhaps , even in rudimentary form , has always accompanied the pagan festivals, celebrating the return of spring, during which the priestesses of Cerere, carried in procession the egg, symbol of new life. For wheat or spelled, mix the soft cream cheese , may derive from the spelled bread Roman wedding , called ” confarratio “. Another theory traces it to the buns rituals that spread at the time of Constantine the Great , derived from the supply of milk and honey, that the catechumens received in the holy night of Easter to the end of the ceremony of baptism.<\/p>\n
In the current version was invented , probably in one of those places that , in culinary history , have placed real milestones in the kitchen. Industrious nuns , peace of their monastic retreats , experimented and created little masterpieces with the products they had, usually simple , and herbs that grew in their gardens.<\/p>\n