Impasto di Pane Pugliese con Grano Arso
Puglia — Tavoliere delle Puglie
Puglia's charred wheat bread — grano arso ('burnt wheat') is the flour from wheat kernels that were historically scorched during the burning of harvest stubble. Once a food of the poorest sharecroppers who gathered these charred kernels after the landowners' fires, grano arso has been elevated to a premium artisanal product. Blended with Pane di Altamura semolina (maximum 20% grano arso to 80% semolina rimacinata), the charred flour adds a smoky, bitter-sweet depth to the golden durum wheat bread that is unique in all Italian baking.