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Amaretti: cookies made with sweet and bitter almonds, sugar and glair.

The amaretti, predominantly rounded shape, often oblong, present in the different areas of the island of realization ways quite similar. The most obvious differences in the coloring, more or less dark, or the cracking, more or less; obvious that characterize the surface of the cake.

In Sardinia is a sweet inevitable in ceremonial and festive occasions of all communities. Provenance: Nuoro, for example, represent the invitation (on cumbidu) for excellence in weddings, offered at a time when the groom was going to take the bride to her parents house and then take her to church.

Being a sweet spread throughout the island, there are many variants that affect the proportions of the ingredients and preparation. Thus, in some cases, the amount of sweet almonds is equal to that of bitter almonds; in others it is not customary to flavor the mixture with grated lemon rind; in others, they sprinkle the surface with icing sugar.

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