Ciarduna

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 (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)

See also

References

  1. "Ciarduna Recipe". Group Recipes. Retrieved 25 July 2017.


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