Ciarduna
| Ciarduna | |
|---|---|
| Type | Pastry |
| Place of origin | Italy |
| Region or state | Sicily |
| Main ingredients | Almonds, ricotta or mascarpone |
 Cookbook:Ciarduna  Ciarduna | |
Ciarduna is a type of Italian pastry.
Ciarduna siciliana is a traditional sweet pastry from the province of Palermo, Sicily (Italy). It consists of an almond cookie shell filled with a ricotta or mascarpone filling. Some variants are also covered with a shell of chocolate or chocolate frosting and powdered sugar.
Traditional ingredients
- flour
- sugar
- Strutto
- vanilla
- active yeast
- Ammonia Baking Powder (ammonium bicarbonate)
- Homogenized milk
- crushed almonds
- icing sugar (when decorating the tops of the ciarduna's)
