Pasticceria Boccione

{{Short description|Bakery in Rome, Italy}}

{{Infobox restaurant

| name = Pasticceria Boccione

| logo =

| logo_width =

| logo_alt =

| image = Boccione Bakery.jpg

| image_width =

| image_alt =

| image_caption =

| pushpin_map =

| slogan =

| established = 1815

| current-owner = Limentani Family

| chef =

| head-chef =

| food-type = Kosher bakery

| dress-code =

| rating =

| street-address = Via del Portico d'Ottavia, 1

| city = Rome

| state =

| country = Italy

| coordinates =

| seating-capacity =

| reservations =

| other-locations =

| other-information =

| website =

}}

Pasticceria Boccione is a kosher bakery in the Roman Ghetto. Established in 1815 by the Limentani family, Boccione is best known for its sour cherry and ricotta tart{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/30/cherry-and-ricotta-tart-recipe-jewish-ghetto-rachel-roddy-a-kitchen-in-rome|title=Rachel Roddy's recipe for cherry and ricotta tart {{!}} A kitchen in Rome|last=Roddy|first=Rachel|date=2017-05-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-12|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} ({{langx|it|crostata di ricotta e visciole}}) and pizza ebraica, a sweet bread filled with toasted almonds, candied ginger, marzipan, pine nuts, egg, maraschino cherries and raisins. A small, unmarked store on the area's main street, The New York Times described Boccione's crostata as the "best in Rome".{{Cite web|url=https://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/in-romes-ghetto-a-bakery-stays-sweet/|title=In Rome's Ghetto, a Bakery Stays Sweet|last=Kilroy|first=Leanne|date=2009-09-29|website=New York Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-11}} The pizza ebraica was reportedly Pope Benedict XVI's favorite dessert.{{Cite web|url=http://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/Pizza-Like-No-Other/|title=Pizza Like No Other|website=Saveur|date=18 March 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-11}}

The Limentani family has operated Pasticceria Boccione since it was founded. Noted for its "grumpy" staff – Graziella Limentani, three of her granddaughters, and a niece in 2019 – it is the last remaining kosher bakery in the Ghetto.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/sep/13/top-10-memorable-restaurants-meals-italy|title=My top 10 restaurant meals in Italy|last=Kington|first=Tom|date=2012-09-13|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-11|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-guide/rome/things-to-do/pasticceria-il-boccione|title=Pasticceria il Boccione|website=Travel + Leisure|language=en|access-date=2019-12-11}}{{Cite book|title=1,000 foods to eat before you die : a food lover's life list|last=Sheraton, Mimi|others=Alexander, Kelly|isbn=978-0-7611-8306-8|location=New York|oclc=899209096|date = 2015-01-13}} An hours-long queue regularly begins to form prior to Pasticceria Boccione's morning opening.{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/pizza-ebraica-jewish-rome|title=Ordering a 'Jewish Pizza' in Rome Gets You a Cookie|website=Atlas Obscura|language=en|access-date=2019-12-11}}