Pupils of the 4th class
in Portella di Mare
asked grandpa Carlo
to teach them how to
make a traditional
homemade sweet for
Christmas
In the past
many Sicilian
families made them
at home before
Christmas.
They spent
the whole day all
together by preparing
this particular sweet
Ingredients:
1 kg of flour (type
00)
200 grams of sugar
300 grams of butter
3 eggs
1 dl. of Milk
10 grams of
ammonia for sweet
Ingredients for filling
150 grams of kernels
300 grams of dried figs
100 grams of dried grapes
50 grams of plain chocolate
150 grams of minced toasted
almonds
250 grams of diced chopped sweet
white pumpkin
A small quantity of cinnamon
orange marmalade
½ glass of liqueur “Marsala”
Mix the ingredients
for the filling and
put it into the
small parts
extended in circular
shapes
Roll on and close
the parts in
different shapes,
even if the
traditional one is
ring-shaped
Put in the
oven
and…