Why This Pizza Cone Is Rome's Favorite Street Eat

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: ricotta

Part-skim mozzarella reduces fat while ricotta is often less expensive.

cured meats

🥗Healthier: grilled chicken

💰Cheaper: cooked ham

Grilled chicken offers a leaner option, while cooked ham is more budget-friendly.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while canola oil is often cheaper.

fresh basil

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: dried herbs

Spinach provides similar nutrients, and dried herbs can be more affordable.

Claudia introduces the trapizzino, a local street food in Rome, explaining its hybrid nature between a pizza and a sandwich.

She mentions that the trapizzino can have various fillings, such as oxtail and tripe, which are traditional in Roman cuisine.

Claudia talks about the restaurant Trapizzino in Piazza Trilussa, which serves 30 different types of trapizzino, including chicken cacciatore and meatballs in tomato sauce.

She describes the preparation time for some fillings, like oxtail, which can take almost eight hours to make.

Claudia tries the chicken cacciatore trapizzino for the first time, noting her curiosity about having it in this format instead of on a plate.

She comments on the juiciness of the chicken and how the bread pocket holds the juices better than a plate would.

Claudia tastes the meatball trapizzino, expressing her enjoyment of the flavors and the deep integration of the tomato sauce into the bread.

She describes the bread as warm and crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, and perfectly blanketed with tomato sauce.

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