Savoiardi cookies - Nino Vacca - Sardinian food on sale

Local denominations: pistoccos, pistoccus finis, biscottos of coffee, ou de bistoccus.

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It is a cookie of a rectangular shape, soft and crumbly, it has a golden color.

There are many local variations of this type of dessert, determined by the different proportions of the basic ingredients. In the past it was one of the few desserts which was not in the family, but was commissioned to sas mastras durcheras, women who are experts in knowing how to make confectionery, who used to go from house to house to lend their services or to prepare them at home. It was common to use some newspaper to line the pan instead of paper straw, more expensive.

Sos pistoccos were always the most important occasions of celebration; in many places it was customary to donate them to families affected by bereavement or convalescent people, a practice still in use today.

Ingredients for the dough: eggs, flour, sugar. Ingredients for the frosting: sugar, egg white, water.

Crumbly cookie, perfect enjoyed with a cup of coffee.

Package: 250 gr

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