Casatiello is the traditional Easter cake of which country?

Casatiello is a Easter cake, rich and savory enriched with tasty ingredients; the slow leavening make it soft, the oven cooking make it fragrant and the filling made of cold cut, lard and cheese make it nourish with a strong flavor. Casatiello has a strong traditional value, given that it is typically eaten, during the Easter period with the family and the relatives, in fact it plays an important role in the Neapolitan tradition to be handed down from a generation to another.

The name derives from “caso” or cacio, which in Neapolitan dialect means cheese, abundant ingredient in the dough, whereas his history has ancient roots, strongly tied with the Christian tradition. The ring-shaped cake with the central hole symbolizes the Thorn crown of Jesus and its Passion that is celebrated during Easter. The hard-boiled eggs both in the dough and the surface, not completely covered but visible represent another important Easter symbol.