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- Catalani
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- They're for the Day of the Dead
(Nov 2): "November 2 is a great holiday for Sicilian children:
the Dead take the place of the more Nordic Befana, giving out toys and
candies. This custom of joining life and death is common throughout
the Southern lands, and especially in Spain, which dominated Sicily
for centuries: It comes as no surprise that these sweets are also
called Catalani."
Ingredients:
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1 kg (2 1/4 pounds, about 10 cups) Majorca flour
12 ounces (300 grams) almonds, peeled and shredded
2 pounds sugar (1 1/8 for the icing)
Directions:
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Work the flour, almonds and 7/8 pound of sugar into a dough, using
just a little water to moisten it.
Use the dough to roll out S-shaped snakes or form balls the size of a
walnut. Put them on a greased cookie sheet and bake them until golden at 180
C, or 360 F.
At this point make the veil: put the remaining water in a pot with water to barely cover, and simmer it until the syrup begins to thread.
The icing is ready: Dip the cookies in it and return them to the
cooling oven to dry.
That's it!
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