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=== Cuisine and gastronomy ===
[[File:Orecchiette al Pomodoro.jpg|thumb|right|A dish of ''[[orecchiette]]'']]

Bari's cuisine is based on three typical agricultural products found within the surrounding region of Apulia, namely wheat, olive oil and wine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Puglia |url=https://britannicaeducation.com/britannica-school/ |website=Britannica School |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=4 March 2025}}</ref> The local cuisine is also enriched by the wide variety of fruit and vegetables produced locally. Local flour is used in homemade bread and pasta production including, most notably, the famous ''[[orecchiette]]'' ear-shaped pasta, ''recchietelle'' or ''strascinate'', ''chiancarelle'' (orecchiette of different sizes) and ''[[cavatelli]]''.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

Homemade dough is also used for baked ''[[calzoni]]'' stuffed with onions, anchovies, capers, olives, etc.; fried ''[[panzerotti]]'' with mozzarella and/or [[ricotta forte]]; ''focaccia alla barese'' with tomatoes, olives and oregano; little savoury ''[[taralli]]'', and larger ''friselle''; and ''sgagliozze'', fried slices of polenta; all making up the Barese culinary repertoire.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

Vegetable minestrone, chick peas, [[Vicia faba|broad beans]], chicory, celery and fennel are also often served as first courses or [[side dish]]es.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

Meat dishes and the local Barese ''[[ragù]]'' often include lamb and pork.
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[[Pasta al forno]], a baked pasta dish, is very popular in Bari and was historically a Sunday dish, or a dish used at the start of [[Lent]] when all the rich ingredients such as eggs and pork had to be used for religious reasons. The recipe commonly consists of ''[[penne]]'' or similar tubular pasta shapes, a tomato sauce, small beef and pork meatballs and halved hard-boiled eggs. The pasta is then topped with ''[[mozzarella]]'' or similar cheese and then baked in the oven to make the dish have its trademark crispy texture.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

Another popular pasta dish is the [[spaghetti all'assassina]]. It is a slightly crunchy spaghetti dish, cooked in an iron pan with garlic, olive oil, chili pepper, tomato sauce and tomato broth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lacucinaitaliana.it/storie/piatti-tipici/spaghetti-assassina-piatto-barese/|title=Spaghetti all'assassina: Dove mangiarli a Bari e la ricetta per farli a casa|date=9 March 2021}}</ref>

Fresh fish and seafood are often eaten raw. Octopus, sea urchins and mussels feature heavily. Perhaps Bari's most famous dish is the oven-baked ''patate, riso e cozze'' (potatoes with rice and mussels).

Bari and the whole Apulian region have a range of wines, including [[Primitivo]], [[Castel del Monte (Apulia)|Castel del Monte]], and [[Muscat (grape and wine)|Muscat]], notably [[Moscato di Trani]].{{cn|date=November 2023}}