Castellammare Naples Biscuits
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The history of the biscuits from Castellamare, a town on the coast near Naples, is very ancient and full of charm. It seems that the recipe of these delicious biscuits was created by a local family in the 19th century and jealously guarded through generations until during the last century a series of mysterious and brutal deaths in this family were caused by the refusal to sell the recipe. Maybe it was fanciful imagination that put the unrelated events together, but it surely helped to create an interest about the delicious cigar-like biscuits that are now produced on a industrial basis.
The ancient recipe requires flour, sugar and natural aromas, the whole of which is levitated naturally and baked in an oven. The typical shapes are either long or little rings called "freselline", and are still packed in the blue paper used by the pasta-makers from Grangnano. The Castellamare biscuits can be eaten soaked in Acqua della Madonna, whose springhead is also found in Castellamare.
0.230 kg
