Tielle

The essential ingredients of the tielle are octopus or squid and tomatoes. “Above all, the tomatoes must be really good and the sauce simmered for a long time. The reason I opened my store was to perpetuate the family tradition. I knew the recipes: I grew up with them.” Sophie Cianni, in her shop in Sète, Hérault, speaks passionately about a subject she masters to perfection: “tielle”, the famous round pie with fluted edges and a beautiful orange colour, made of octopus or squid and spicy tomato sauce, which she sells from morning to evening in her downtown boutique, Sophie Cianni & Co.