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Pignolata is a regular treat including a specific biscuit covered with white lemon

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Pignolata Messina is one of the typical Sicilian sweets of the island: it has nothing to covet to cannoli and also cassata. It belongs to the Sicilian Circus dishes that can be delighted in all year round as it is handcrafted by Sicilian pastry shops. If the traditional pignolata - the soft one sprinkled with honey so to speak - is generally made in the carnival period, the black and white one is, however, constantly available. But exactly how was it born, how to make it in your home and also where to buy it? Allow's find out more.Among the typical Messina treats, besides the granita the pignolata sticks out. This was born as a bad dessert made with economical active ingredients such as eggs, flour and also lard. Yet the beginnings of Sicilian bread - and also typically voluntarily - can be found in the Arab domination, as well as the pignolata is no exception. The Arabs made use of to make fried dough spheres covered with honey. The birth of the well-known Sicilian polished pignol...