Stromboli (food)

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Fresh homemade stromboli
Stromboli from a restaurant chain

Stromboli is a type of turnover filled with various cheeses, typically mozzarella, Italian meats such as salami, capicola and bresaola or vegetables. The dough is Italian bread dough.

A stromboli is made with a square shaped pizza dough that can be topped with any pizza toppings and is then rolled into a log and baked. Many American pizza shops serve a stromboli using pizza dough that is folded in half with fillings, similar to a calzone.

Origins

There are some theories regarding the origin of the stromboli in the United States. Romano's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria claims to have originated it in 1950 in Essington, Tinicum Township, just outside of Philadelphia, by Nazzareno Romano.[1] Others claim a stromboli sandwich with chili sauce was invented by Mike Aquino, Sr., in Spokane, Washington, named after the movie Stromboli starring Ingrid Bergman, in 1954. Mike's Burger Royal still sells stromboli.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Romano's Stromboli". Romano's Restaurant (website). Accessed September 2010.
  2. ^ It's a bigger, better burger


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