Italy Revisited by Mary Melfi

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Caragnoli (Sweet Fritters shaped like rose wheels)

Originated from: Casacalenda, Molise, Italy

Occasion: Christmas, New Year's, Carnival and Saint Joseph

Contributed by: Mary Melfi (her mother's recipe)

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Pettole Puglia/ Puglian Christmas fried yeast dough made with potatoes -- History & Notes Italian Wikipedia

Originated from: Puglia, Italy

Occasion: Christmas Eve and other feast days

Contributed by: Recipe, taken from "Libro di Cucina" Italian Wikibooks; text, Italian Wikipedia

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Cannarculi or Cannaricoli, Calabrian Christmas fritters made without yeast, with oil and red wine, coated with mosto cotto

Originated from: Calabria, Italy

Occasion: Christmas holidays

Contributed by: Recipe, taken from "Libro di Cucina" Italian Wikibooks; text and photo, Italian Wikipedia

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Certosino di Bologna or Panspeziale (Christmas Bolognese cake flavored with dark chocolate, honey, almonds and pine nuts)

Originated from: Bologna, Emilia Romagna

Occasion: Christmas holidays

Contributed by: Recipe, taken from "Libro di Cucina" Italian Wikibooks; text and photo, Italian Wikipedia

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Bocconotti / Bucchinotto/ Buccunottu (Southern Italian bite-sized pastries filled with cream or jam)

Originated from: Puglia, Abruzzo, Calabria and Molise

Occasion: Christmas holidays and other festivities

Contributed by: Maria Rosa (Original source: La cucina regionale Italiana del 2008; Wikipedia Notes)

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Cucciddati Cucciadatu Sicilian Christmas fig cookies

Cucciddati, Cucciadatu or Cucidati (Sicilian Christmas fig cookies or pastries filled with figs, nuts and honey)

Originated from: Sicily, Italy

Occasion: Christmas

Contributed by: Adapted from "La Tavola Italiana" by Tom Maresca and Diane Darrow (1988)

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scarponi di natale Abruzzo christmas cookies

Scarponi di Natale abruzzesi (Christmas chocolate walnut cookies flavored with orange zest and Sambuca)

Originated from: Abruzzo, Italy

Occasion: Christmas holidays

Contributed by: Adapted from an Italian cookbook published in the 1980s

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Susmelli Susumelle Abruzzes filled Italian Christmas cookies

Susmelli or Susumelle Abruzzesi (Baked horseshoe-shaped sweet Christmas calzone filled with wine grape marmalade)

Originated from: Abruzzo, Italy

Occasion: Christmas holidays

Contributed by: Adapted from an Italian cookbook published in the 1980s

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susamelli Christmas Italian honey spice cookies

Susamielli (S-shaped, Neapolitan Christmas honey spice cookies flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves)

Originated from: Naples, Campania, Italy

Occasion: Christmas holidays

Contributed by: Adapted from an Italian cookbook published in the 1980s; Italian Wikipedia notes

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Christmas Bread/ Panettone Natalizio (with yeast, flavored with candied citron and orange peel, almonds and vanilla)

Originated from: Italy

Occasion: Christmas

Contributed by: Taken from "The Complete Italian Cook Book: LA CUCINA" by Rose L. Sorce (Grosset & Dunlap, 1953)

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