Ciarduna facts for kids
| Type | Pastry |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Italy |
| Region or state | Sicily |
| Main ingredients | Almonds, ricotta or mascarpone |
Ciarduna is a type of Italian pastry.
Ciarduna siciliana is a traditional sweet pastry from the province of Agrigento, Sicily (Italy). It consists of an almond cookie shell filled with a ricotta filling.
Traditional ingredients
- flour
- sugar
- Strutto
- vanilla
- active yeast
- Ammonia Baking Powder (ammonium bicarbonate)
- Homogenized milk
- crushed almonds
- Cinnamon
- icing sugar (when decorating the tops of the ciarduna's)
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