Ciarduna

Type of Italian pastry From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ciarduna is a type of Italian pastry.

TypePastry
Place of originItaly
Region or stateSicily
Main ingredientsAlmonds, ricotta or mascarpone[1]
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Ciarduna
TypePastry
Place of originItaly
Region or stateSicily
Main ingredientsAlmonds, ricotta or mascarpone[1]
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Ciarduna siciliana is a sweet pastry from the province of Agrigento, in Sicily. It consists of an almond cookie shell filled with a ricotta filling.[2]

Traditional ingredients

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).

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