Capigliette - Pasticceria Deligia -  Sardinian food on sale

The Capigliette are a sweet spread in the area of Oristano. In the traditional context, the main opportunities for use of this type of dessert were ceremonies such as baptism and marriage. The most common shape is the diamond, but it is also fairly widespread variant circular. The Capigliette are made from delicious pastry with a soft almond paste filling. They are recognizable cecause covered by a lemon icing in different colors and decorate by hand. Given the reluctance on the part of more experienced achievers to provide your own recipe, it has developed over time a wide range of variations that include adding in the filling of flour, baking powder, almond oil and other species, with results certainly lower than the excellent results achieved by the Poor Clares of Oristano.

Capigliette - Pasticceria Deligia - Traditional sardinian sweet

Holders of knowledge relating to the making of this cake was particularly the cloistered nuns of the convent of Santa Chiara in Oristano and Sacramentine and the Daughters of Mary of Oristano and Santulussurgiu. The fineness of the decorations executed by the religious was considered unbeatable.

Capigliette - Pasticceria Deligia - Typical Italian food

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