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 he distinctive small cookies called amaretti (a tiny bit bitter), may be packaged loose in clear bags, or m come wrapped in pairs in flowerlike tissues, echoing one romantic legend of their origin. This tells how a young baker and his lovely fiancee had invented the cookies in the 1700's as a gift to the visiting Cardinal of Milan.
Though it was customary to present the
Cardinal with cakes or sweets, the town's scant food supplies could not feed the prelate's huge entourage;
so the lovers quickly gathered sacks of almonds,
sugar, eggs and flour, and baked scores of shiny and chewy biscuits. The appreciative Cardinal and his
numerous followers soon became regular customers.
Three generations later, when the delicious almond
liqueur Amaretto was invented, amaretti incorporated
this taste. Sprinkled with diamond-like sugar crystals, amaretti today lend special enjoyment after meals to
tables all around the world, and are especially delicious when dipped in red wine.
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