{"id":2290,"date":"2025-10-31T05:44:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T04:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fontecesia.it\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2025-10-31T06:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T05:13:18","slug":"all-saints-day-sweet-fava-biscuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fontecesia.it\/en\/enogastronomy-umbria\/all-saints-day-sweet-fava-biscuits\/","title":{"rendered":"All Saints’ Day sweet fava biscuits"},"content":{"rendered":"

In ancient times, when Umbria was an Etruscan<\/strong> lad, fava beans were laid on the tombs of dead people as offerings. This tradition lives on in Umbria every November, the month of All Saints’ Day<\/strong>, when dead people are commemorated.<\/p>\n

The shaped like fava beans biscuits<\/strong> are a sweet moment during a time of faithful meditation.<\/p>\n

Ingredients for 4 people:<\/h2>\n

1-1\/4 cup of sweet almonds
\n1-3\/4 cups of flour
\n1\/3 cup of sugar
\nhalf a lemon zest
\nhot water<\/p>\n

Proceeding:<\/h2>\n

Blanch the almonds in boiling water, peel them and finely chop them. Add flour, sugar, lemon zest and hot water. Keep mixing until the dough is stiff. Roll to a thickness of 3\/4”.<\/p>\n

Cut out the dough in circles and shape them like flat and oblong fava beans. Place the biscuits on a buttered oven pan and bake them at 180\u00b0 for 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

Let them cool down before serving.<\/p>\n

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In ancient times, fava beans were laid on the tombs of dead people as offerings. Now fava beans biscuits are a sweet moment during All Saints’ Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[96],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n