Countdown to Christmas: Nucatoli from Sicily
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If you grew up hating Fig Newtons you may actually end up liking these, but if dried figs have always tickled your tastebuds, I swear you'll absolutely love this sicilian xmas cookie.
I bought a small package of nucatoli at the Banco di Garabombo xmas market in Milano when we had gone into the city earlier this month. The s-shaped cookies were nothing that I've seen before and little did I know how impressed I'd be with their great texture and flavor. Ever tried something so astonishingly good that you just gotta find out how to make it at home? Well, the list of ingredients was all I had to go on, and as much as I searched online, there was no recipe with the precise list of ingredients.
Long story short, I winged my own recipe and ended up with 80 cookies (half of which are already gone). Dipped in red wine, sweet wine, coffee, or eaten by itself, nucatoli cookies are addictive!!! I can't say that mine are as pretty as the ones shown here from confectionary workshop Casa Don Puglisi (in Modica, Sicily), but they came out exceptionally delicious. My little secret ingredient plus photos in an upcoming post. Buon Natale!
scribbled from the chestnut forest by Rowena... at 3:18 PM
5 Comments:
Merry Christmas and thank you for sharing this delicious sounding recipe!
The Wanderfull Traveler
Ohhhhh, sounds ono. I even like fresh figs! Recipe please?
nom!
Sounds very similar to a local recipe: "Serpe". Also served at Christmas and also in the form of a snake. The ones here, though, are fatter and tend to be more decorated with icing - often including also the eyes and a zig-zag pattern down the back.
WT - a little late perhaps to be elbow deep in dough but these are worth it!
Candylei - recipe this week as soon as I work out the details.
Kat - can you hear me oinking all the way over here? teehee
casalba - I've seen those snake-shaped pastries. Isn't Italy just wonderful for having all of these food traditions?
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