Quaresimali are Florentine Lenten biscuits, prepared during the period of Lent. Lent is a religious observance in the Christian liturgical calendar that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later, the night before Easter Sunday.
Schiacciata alla Fiorentina, Florentine flat cake, is a typical dessert of the Carnival period and realized with simple ingredients. The ancient version included the use of brewer's yeast, a double leavening, and the addition of lard.
The crêpes, or Crespelle in Italian, are born in France, prepared in sweet or salty versions, both very delicate. Made with milk, flour, and eggs and cooked on a griddle or using a special crêpiere. Enjoy them hot, just made, stuffed with chocolate cream, jam, honey, ice cream, or flavoured with liqueurs.
The "Cialde di Montecatini" are fragrant typical Tuscan specialties based on flour, milk, eggs, sugar, and almonds. Flour, milk, and eggs give life to the wafer similar sheets, very thin and fragrant, finely stamped with one of the symbols of the city, and filled with sugar grains, almonds, and vanilla.
The Ricciarelli of Siena, whose history is full of charm on the edge of legend, are typical Tuscan sweets prepared in Siena and in the surrounding area.
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