Carnival sweets

Carnival sweets brilliant recipes

Nothing like the traditional ones carnival sweets it expresses the sense of a secular feast, a moment of fun and redemption, celebrated with masks and banquets. The sweet recipes of particular use for the occasion are quick and tasty, a way to be able to happily bring together a multitude of people in the same square, giving each one something to eat. Among these are famous the carnival chatter and the Florentine schiacciata.

The origin of the word "carnival"(Many tend to derive it from"carnem upbeat"That is from having to eat meatless dishes during Lent) and yet the happiness of tradition has reached our days uncontaminated. The carnival period is a hymn to joy since the ancient Greeks and Romans, who savored the arrival of spring with bacchanals and festivals full of wine, sweets and jokes. The idea of ​​overturning the roles of class is entirely medieval, with excesses of all kinds.

Precisely because excess is a measure of recurrence, many recipes are based on fried dough. The chatter is typical of central Italy, in Emilia and Lombardy the sweet tortelli are the masters, in Friuli the castagnole and in the south taralli, zeppole and culigiones. Enjoy a sweet read on poison!