Who said you can't use Chocolate Chunk Biscotti cookies as the base for the perfect chocolate cherry pie? Bring the opposing flavors of tart-sweet cherries together with bittersweet chocolate for an explosive (and very happy) combination.
Filled with figs, spiced rum, toasted pistachios, ginger, nutmeg, and orange zest, buccellati are a delicious and decorative cookie to make with the whole family. Brimming with soul-warming spices, they speak to Sicily's history, bursting with flavors from its time under Muslim, Greek and Roman rule.
As one of the world's leading almond producers, the delicious nut flavors many Sicilian dishes. From pastas, to fish, salads, and of course desserts, almonds have been worked into various shapes, tastes and uses to flavor local cuisine for centuries. Crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, Pasticcini Siciliana alle Mandorle (or amaretti) are a holiday favorite.
