Ricotta cigarettes are a delicious and easy-to-make dessert of Sicilian origin. The waffles are made with a mixture of egg whites, butter, powdered sugar and flour. Once cooked for a very few minutes in the oven, the wafers, after…
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PIZZICOTTI: ALMOND & LEMON SICILIAN TYPICAL COOKIES
Delicious Sicilian almond paste desserts, super soft, easy to make, with very few ingredients, and with an amazing lemon scent. Everyone loves them and everyone says WOW when they eat them!!! Their name comes from the fact that before…
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ITALIAN CHRISTMAS ALMOND COOKIES AKA WEDDING COOKIES
These little dusty cookies have some names, butterballs, snowballs or Italian Wedding Cookies. They are very similar to Mexican Wedding Cookies and Russian Tea Cakes, but instead of pecans, they are made with chopped almonds and ground almonds. …
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PISTACHIO CREAM: EASY & QUICK HOMEMADE RECIPE
Pistachio cream is delicious and easy to prepare. The ingredients needed for this recipe are few and simple. You only need good quality pistachios, with the addition of a few other things, you can for example combine them with…
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SICILIAN PISTACHIO ALMOND PASTRIES: SOFT & FRAGRANT
Dear Friends Today we are preparing pistachio almond pastries Sicilian pastry sweets known all over the world. In Sicily called Paste al Pistacchio (Pistachio pastries). There is no pastry shop where you can’t find these exquisite cookies! …
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SICILIAN SCIU’: A Fantastic Ricotta Cream Puffs
Cream puffs filled with ricotta or sciù, as they are commonly called in Sicilian, are tempting puffs that originate from the choux pastry from which they are made. The name sciù comes from a simplified translation of the French…
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PEPPERED BREAD (PANPEPATO): THE REAL ITALIAN “ENERGY CAKE”
The Panpepato is a round and sweet cake, typical of the Province of Terni. This specialty is made with nuts, hazelnuts, almonds, cinnamon, nutmeg, chocolate, honey and raisins. It’s a real “energy cake”, which makes it a very appreciated…
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NONNA’S ITALIAN CIAMBELLINE AL VINO (WINE COOKIES)
Wine cookies are tasty, rustic-looking dry treats popular in central Italy. Also known as ciambelline al vino, they are made with a simple dough made from flour, sugar, red (or white) wine, seed oil and a pinch of baking…
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CAVALLUCCI TOSCANI(TUSCAN RAISINS, ALMONDS, HONEY & WALNUTS COOKIES)
Cavallucci are typical sweets of siena, very well known and appreciated. Preparing cavallucci is not difficult, but we must strictly follow the indicated dosages and baking times, as well as the use of high quality ingredients. The history of…
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GRANDMA’S ITALIAN FIG & ALMONDS COOKIES: FOR YOUR SPECIAL BREAKFAST!
Fig and almond cookies are delicious shortbread cookies filled with a soft filling. They are quick and easy, perfect for breakfast or a snack, kids will love them. Once cooled the cookies are drizzled with a lemon glaze and…