Crescentine, crescente or tigelle (sing: crescentina, crescenta or tigella) are thin, 10cm round breads from the Apennines in the Modena area of

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, Northern

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. They are made from flour, water, salt, and yeast, and traditionally eaten filled with ''cunza'', a spread made from pork lard and flavoured with garlic and rosemary or with cold cuts, boar, rabbit, cheese, salty dressings or sweet spreads. In the Apennines, ''crescente'' have long been eaten at home or enjoyed in traditional restaurants, but in the last decade some fast-food and casual restaurants have added ''crescente'' to their menus. Similar breads such as

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, borlengo, gnocco fritto and panigaccio are made in neighbouring areas. Originally, ''crescente'' were baked between tiles called ''tigelle'', a term derived from a

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word for cover. Later, the name ''tigella'' came to be used for the bread itself. Nowadays, ''crescente'' are baked in restaurants using electric griddles while at home, a special aluminium pan called a ''tigelliera'' or ''cottola'' over a gas cooker is used. Tigelliere

Crescentine have been identified as a Traditional Agribusiness Product by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture.

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