{{Short description|Sweet bread from Rimini, Italy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Italics title}} {{Infobox food | name = ''Piada dei morti'' | image = Piada dei Morti.jpg | image_size = | caption = | alternate_name = | country = Italy | region = Rimini, Emilia-Romagna | creator = | course = Dessert | type = Focaccia | served = | main_ingredient = Raisins, almonds, walnuts, pine nuts | variations = }}
'''{{lang|it|Piada dei morti}}''' ({{literally|piada of the dead}}) is a sweet focaccia topped with raisins, almonds, walnuts, and pine nuts.<ref name="riminitoday"/><ref name="giallozafferano"/> It is local to Rimini, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy,<ref name="chiamamicitta">{{Cite web |last=Santini |first=Enrico |date=29 October 2023 |title=La Piada dei Morti di Rimini, qual è la migliore? |trans-title=Rimini's piada dei morti: Which is the best? |url=https://www.chiamamicitta.it/la-piada-dei-morti-di-rimini-qual-e-la-migliore/ |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=Chiamami Città |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref name="bettinaincucina">{{Cite web |last=Balzani |first=Bettina |date=4 November 2019 |title=La piada dei morti |url=https://www.bettinaincucina.com/2019/11/la-piada-dei-morti/ |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=Bettina In Cucina |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref name="scattidigusto">{{Cite web |last=D'Anna |first=Anna Maria |date=2 November 2021 |title=Piada dei morti: la più dolce piadina romagnola che nessuno conosce |trans-title=Piada dei morti: The sweetest Romagna piadina that no one knows |url=https://www.scattidigusto.it/2021/11/02/piada-dei-morti-ricetta-dolce-romagnola/ |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=Scatti di Gusto |language=it-IT}}</ref> and traditionally eaten in November for All Souls' Day.<ref name="riminitoday"/><ref name="riminisparita">{{Cite web |last=Nardi |first=Grazia |date=12 May 2020 |title="An cnusémie al fèsti" |trans-title=What they left us |url=https://riminisparita.it/an-cnusemie-al-festi/ |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=Rimini Sparita |language=it-IT}}</ref>
==Overview== Though its name suggests that it is a {{lang|it|piadina}},<ref name="riminitoday">{{Cite web |last=Lazzari |first=Martina |date=29 October 2023 |title=Piada dei morti, preparazione e curiosità sulla dolce "piadina" romagnola |trans-title=Piada dei morti: Preparation and curiosity about the sweet Romagnol "piadina" |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/social/piada-dei-morti-preparazione-e-curiosita-sulla-dolce-piadina-romagnola.html |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref><ref name="scattidigusto"/> a traditional flatbread also native to Romagna, {{lang|it|piada dei morti}} is a sweet focaccia,<ref name="riminitoday"/><ref name="giallozafferano">{{Cite web |date=31 October 2017 |title=Piada dei morti ricetta dolce facile romagnolo per il 2 Novembre |trans-title=Easy recipe for sweet Romagnol piada dei morti for 2 November |url=https://blog.giallozafferano.it/loti64/piada-dei-morti-ricetta-facile/ |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=Giallo Zafferano |language=it-IT}}</ref> a soft bread.<ref name="giallozafferano"/> The association with {{lang|it|piadina}} arises from the {{lang|it|piada dei morti}}'s circular shape.<ref name="hotelcorallorimini">{{Cite web |last=Succi |first=Margherita |title=Tra mosto e frutta secca, a novembre arriva la piada dei morti |trans-title=Between must and dried fruit, the piada dei morti arrives in November |url=https://www.hotelcorallorimini.com/it/blog/tra-mosto-e-frutta-secca-a-novembre-arriva-la-piada-dei-morti/ |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=Hotel Corallo Rimini |date=2 November 2021 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
The bread is topped with raisins, almonds, walnuts, and pine nuts.<ref name="riminitoday"/><ref name="giallozafferano"/> The dried fruit must be topped rather than inside the dough. In traditional recipes, {{lang|it|piada dei morti}} contains grape must,<ref name="bettinaincucina"/><ref name="hotelcorallorimini"/> though modern recipes soak the raisins in Sangiovese wine instead.<ref name="riminitoday"/><ref name="hotelcorallorimini"/>
{{lang|it|Piada dei morti}} is usually served warm,<ref name="giallozafferano"/><ref name="hotelcorallorimini"/> for breakfast or as an afternoon snack.<ref name="hotelcorallorimini"/> It is traditionally eaten in November for All Souls' Day,<ref name="riminitoday"/><ref name="riminisparita"/> but appears from October,<ref name="chiamamicitta"/><ref name="hotelcorallorimini"/> including for Rimini's patronal feast, San Gaudenzo, on 14 October,<ref name="riminisparita"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2022 |title=Rimini, la tombola di San Gaudenzo è sempre una festa - Gallery |trans-title=Rimini: The San Gaudenzo tombola is always a party - Gallery |url=https://www.corriereromagna.it/archivio/rimini-la-tombola-di-san-gaudenzo-e-sempre-una-festa-gallery-CUCR413098 |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=Corriere Romagna |language=it-IT}}</ref> and during Halloween trick-or-treating.<ref name="giallozafferano"/>
==Origins== The origins of {{lang|it|piada dei morti}} are contested.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guiducci |first=Paolo |date=29 September 2021 |title=Grazia Bravetti, storica colonna de ilPonte, è tornata alla Casa del Padre |trans-title=Grazia Bravetti, historic columnist of ilPonte, has returned to the House of the Father |url=https://www.ilponte.com/grazia-bravetti-storica-colonna-de-ilponte-e-tornata-alla-casa-del-padre/ |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=Il Ponte |language=it-IT}}</ref> In local folklore, the bread is attributed to ancestral recipes from the times of the Celts in Romagna,<ref name="riminitoday"/><ref name="bellariaigeamarina">{{Cite web |title=La Piada dei Morti – Bellaria Igea Marina |url=https://www.bellariaigeamarina.org/it/news/7265/La-Piada-dei-Morti.html |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=Bellaria – Igea Marina |language=it-IT}}</ref> or the Senones.<ref name="chiamamicitta"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fioro |first=Lia |date=28 October 2019 |title=La piada dei morti e le altre ricette tipiche "in zir par l'Italia" |trans-title=Piada dei morti and other typical recipes "around Italy" |url=https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/music-news-c25/la-piada-dei-morti-e-le-altre-ricette-tipiche-in-zir-par-l-italia-a179018 |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=San Marino RTV |language=it}}</ref> On the night of Samhain, mischievous nocturnal domestic elves known as the ''Mazapégul'' would visit houses while the spirits of the dead would return to their homes and towns.<ref name="riminitoday"/> {{lang|it|Piada dei morti}} emerged as a seasonal delicacy to welcome the deceased spirits.<ref name="riminitoday"/><ref name="bellariaigeamarina"/>
Others attribute the bread to Ciro Brunori, a pastry chef at the Antica Pasticceria Vecchi in Rimini's Borgo San Giuliano,<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2022 |title=Rimini, riapre il Bar Vecchi, una storia nata 172 anni fa |trans-title=Rimini: Bar Vecchi reopens, a story born 172 years ago |url=https://www.corriereromagna.it/archivio/rimini-riapre-il-bar-vecchi-una-storia-nata-172-anni-fa-HXCR429608 |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=Corriere Romagna |language=it-IT}}</ref> from the early 20th century.<ref name="chiamamicitta"/>
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