{{Short description|Cold street food originating in Rome, Italy}} {{Italics title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox food | name = ''Grattachecca'' | image = Grattachecca (particolare).jpg | image_size = | caption = | alternate_name = | country = Italy | region = Rome | creator = | course = Snack | type = | served = | main_ingredient = Shaved ice, syrup | variations = }}
'''''Grattachecca''''' is a shaved ice originating in Rome, Italy. Commonly sold in kiosks and bars as street food, it consists of hand-shaved ice topped with various flavors of sweet syrup.<ref name="Roddy 2016">{{cite book | last=Roddy | first=R. | title=My Kitchen in Rome: Recipes and Notes on Italian Cooking | publisher=Grand Central Publishing | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-4555-8517-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xS4oCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT466 | access-date=15 January 2019 | page=pt465-467}}</ref> In contemporary times, some ''grattachecca'' vendors use a mechanical ice crusher, rather than shaving or grating the ice by hand;<ref name="Povoledo 2016"/> some vendors believe that using a machine is more hygienic compared to hand shaving the ice.<ref name="Povoledo 2016"/>
==''Alla fonte d'oro''== The kiosk ''Alla fonte d'oro'' is the oldest in the city, and has served Romans and tourists since 1913.<ref name="Povoledo 2016">{{cite web | author=Povoledo, Elisabetta | title=Whether Shaved by Hand or Machine, This Roman Treat Is Just as Frosty | website=The New York Times | date=9 September 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/world/what-in-the-world/rome-grattachecca.html | access-date=15 January 2019 | archive-date=15 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115184309/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/world/what-in-the-world/rome-grattachecca.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The kiosk uses machine-grated ice, rather than grating it by hand.<ref name="Povoledo 2016"/>
==Gallery== <gallery widths="170px" heights="250px"> File:Allafontedoro.jpg|The ''Alla fonte d'oro'' kiosk File:La Grattachecca di Sora Maria.jpg|Customers at ''La Sora Maria - La Grattachecca'' on Via Trionfale, Rome, Italy </gallery>
==See also== {{Commons category-inline}} {{Portal|Italy|Food}} * List of Italian desserts and pastries * Shaved ice § Regions – for similar shaved ice variations around the world
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