Pignolo (cookie)
Type | Macaroon |
---|---|
Place of origin | Italy |
Region or state | |
Main ingredients | Almond paste, pine nuts[4] |
Pignolo or pignoli (Italian: pinolate, Italian: [pinoˈlaːte], or Italian: pignolate, Italian: [piɲɲoˈlaːte]) are a type of cookie originating in Neapolitan, Genovese, and Umbrian cuisine.[5][6][7] It is a popular cookie in all of southern Italy, and in Sicilian communities in the United States.[8]
Pignolo is a light golden color and studded with golden pine nuts (pinoli in Italian). Made with almond paste and egg whites, the cookie is moist, soft and chewy.[9][10]
Often they are formed into crescents;[citation needed] otherwise the cookies are round.[11] Pignoli are a popular Italian holiday treat, especially at Christmas. Because both almond paste and pine nuts are relatively expensive, and this cookie uses substantial amounts of both, it is a luxury food.[12]
Being essentially an almond macaroon, this cookie belongs to a type known as amaretto.[13]
See also
Media related to Panellets at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ "Le Pinolate". La Pasticceria Di Chico.
- ^ "Pinolate o pignolate genovesi". Giallo Zafferano.
- ^ "Le Pinolate Umbre". La Cucina Di Esme.
- ^ "Pignoli". Chowhound. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Le Pinolate". La Pasticceria Di Chico.
- ^ "Pinolate o pignolate genovesi". Giallo Zafferano.
- ^ "Le Pinolate Umbre". La Cucina Di Esme.
- ^ "Pignoli Cookies". The Spruce Eats.
- ^ "Italian Pignoli Cookies". Taste of Home.
- ^ "Italian Pignoli Cookies". King Arthur Baking.
- ^ Armao, Jo-Ann (2005-12-14). "Pignoli? George, I Finally Got It". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ Elliott, Lorraine. "Santa's Little Helper: Pignoli Cookies". Not Quite Nigella. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ Booth, Jessica (2018-12-11). "The Fascinating History Behind Your Favorite Holiday Cookies". Redbook. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles containing Italian-language text
- Pages with Italian IPA
- All articles with unsourced statements
- Articles with unsourced statements from September 2020
- Commons category link is on Wikidata
- Almond cookies
- Christmas food
- Cuisine of Sicily
- Italian cookies
- All stub articles
- Dessert stubs
- Italian cuisine stubs