Stromboli (food)

A stromboli is a type of baked bread filled with various Italian cheeses (typically mozzarella) and usually Italian cold cuts (typically salami, capocollo, and bresaola) or vegetables, served hot. The dough is either Italian bread dough or pizza dough. Stromboli is an Italian-American dish invented in the Philadelphia area in the mid 20th century. The name of the dish is taken from a volcanic island off the coast of Sicily.

A stromboli is similar to a calzone or scaccia, and the dishes are sometimes confused. Unlike calzones, which are always stuffed and folded into a crescent shape, a stromboli is typically rolled or folded into a cylinder, and may sometimes contain a thin layer of tomato sauce on the inside.