Frutta martorana
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Template:Lang (also called Template:Lang or, in Sicilian, Template:Lang) is a Sicilian marzipan sweet in the form of fruits and vegetables from the provinces of Palermo<ref>LaCucinaItaliana.com: The Sicilian Fruit Martorana, by Salvatore Spatafora, 22 November 2022</ref> and Trapani.Template:Citation needed
Realistically coloured with vegetable dyes, it is said to have originated at the Benedictine nunnery of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio, Palermo, known as La Martorana after its foundress, when nuns decorated empty fruit trees with marzipan fruit to impress an archbishop visiting at a season when the trees were not fruiting. It is traditionally put by children's bedsides on All Souls' Day.Template:Clarification needed<ref>SicilianFoodCulture.com: The history of the "Frutta Martorana", 13 October 2019</ref>
See also
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Lilliana Ballina: La frutta martorana. Aurora Books, Santiago de Chile, 1992. Template:ISBN.
- Maria Oliveri: I segreti del chiostro. Storie e ricette dei monasteri di Palermo. Il Genio Editore, 2017. Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN.
External links
[edit]- Martorana fruit Template:Webarchive Commercial page with image