Notes

With scamorza cheese and ham, you’ll have the traditional filling, but you can add some sautéed mushrooms, well-drained of any oil (whether canned or home-cooked), salami, and chopped black olives to taste.

After brushing the surface, you can sprinkle poppy seeds or chia seeds.

The recipe idea comes from Fior Fiore in Cucina February 2022.

This content contains one or more affiliate links.

Curiosities

And the story? There isn’t just one version of the origins of the Danube, but I’ll tell you the one I liked most. During the Great War, many Southerners went to the front to fight. Among them was Giovanni Scaturchio, a pastry chef, originally from Calabria but transplanted to Naples. At the front, he met Caterina, a young woman from Salzburg, fell in love with her, and married her. Returning to Naples, his wife joined Giovanni in his work and taught him the secrets of Austrian pastry-making. The Danube was thus the reinterpretation of the Buchteln, a dessert made of many brioche dough balls filled with chocolate or vanilla cream. In 1920, Giovanni Scaturchio proposed the savory rustic version of the Buchteln with Neapolitan salami and cheese cubes, perfect for buffet tables. The success, needless to say, was enormous! So, the Danube was born from a love story, and could it be more romantic?