Ciarduna

Summary

Ciarduna is a type of Italian pastry.

Ciarduna
TypePastry
Place of originItaly
Region or stateSicily
Main ingredientsAlmonds, ricotta or mascarpone[1]

Ciarduna siciliana is a traditional sweet pastry from the province of Agrigento, Sicily. It consists of an almond cookie shell filled with a ricotta filling.[2]

Traditional ingredients edit

Traditional ingredients are flour, sugar, strutto, vanilla, active yeast, ammonia baking powder (ammonium bicarbonate), homogenized milk, crushed almonds, cinnamon and icing sugar (when decorating the tops of the ciarduna's).

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Ciarduna Recipe". Group Recipes. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ Philpott, Don (2017). The world of wine and food: a guide to varieties, tastes, history, and pairings. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-4422-6804-3.