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Ingredients Ingredients:
Directions Dissolve the yeast with a little warm water, add a pinch of salt, a couple of tablespoons of flour and mix well.
Notes The following text was taken from the Italian Wikipedia (Google machine translation): "The susumelle (or Pictish Saint Martin ) is a typical Calabrian sweet, specialty of the Reggio Calabria area, Crotone, Vibo Valentia. They are "sweet dough biscuits," typically oval-shaped loaves about 10 cm which can be coated with honey or chocolate (including white chocolate). In some recipes raisins or candied fruit are added to the cookie dough. They are usually accompanied with sweet wine or with limoncello; also typical Christmas sweets, are the Tardilli, the Cicerchiata and Pitta cu passuli (literally "cake of raisins") known for its distinctive shape (rose six concentric with the central seventh) and encompass all of Calabria typical Christmas products, such as pine nuts, raisins, honey, candied fruit and nuts.... Original Italian text: "Le susumelle (o pitte San Martino) sono un dolce tipico calabrese, specialiti della zona di Reggio Calabria, Crotone e Vibo Valentia. Sono "biscottini di pasta dolce," tipicamente dalla forma di panetti ovali di circa 10 cm che possono essere ricoperti di miele o cioccolato (anche cioccolato bianco). In alcune ricette all'impasto dei biscotti vengono aggiunte uvetta o frutta candita. Vengono usualmente accompagnati con vino dolce come lo zibibbo o con il limoncello. Sono dolci tipicamente natalizi, cose come i Tardilli, la Cicerchiata e la Pitta cu passuli (letteralmente "focaccia di uva passa") nota per la sua forma particolare (sei rose concentriche con la settima centrale)e per racchiudere in si tutti i prodotti natalizi tipici della Calabria, quali: pinoli, uva passa, miele, canditi e noccioline. Photo: Mary Melfi. |