During Lent, the sins of gluttony are banned, or rather, they are banned for the most part. Only a small, sweet, transgression is allowed: Lenten cookies, crunchy sweets prepared without animal fats. We discover the only sin of gluttony (venial) of the Lenten period.
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Identity Card of the Recipe
- 276 KCal Calories per serving
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Ingrediants
For 40 biscuits
- 80 g (2 medium) of egg white
- 100 g of white flour of type 00
- 100 g of powdered sugar
- 25 g of bitter cocoa
- 1 pinch of salt
- Peel of untreated oranges
Materials Needed
- Electric whips
- Sac à poche
- Bowl
- Scale weighs food
- Sieve
- Baking tray
- Baking paper
Preparation
- In a bowl, sift the white flour along with the powdered sugar and unsweetened cocoa. Add a pinch of salt and flavor with orange zest.
- Collect the egg whites in a bowl and whisk the mass until stiff with an electric whisk.
- Incorporate the egg whites into the powder mix, mixing with a scoop: you will have to obtain a very thick and sticky mixture.
- Collect the dough in a pastry bag without a spout and cut the end to form a small hole.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- With the pastry bag, create the letters of the alphabet: if the dough is too dense, widen the hole in the pastry bag making a deeper cut.
Curiosity
Lenten cookies are different according to the country in which they are made. For example, in Sicily, Quaresimali resemble Cantucci, while in Liguria they are almond paste cookies in the shape of canestrello, donut and mostacciolo, and are often glazed.
In Tuscany, Quaresimali are biscuits made from wheat or oat flour, egg whites, sugar and cocoa, which are shaped in the shape of letters: the letters of the alphabet represent a way to remember the words of the Gospel.- Bake the cookies at 150 ° C for 12-15 minutes.
- Remove from the mold, allow to cool and serve. The biscuits must be crunchy: they can be kept for a long time, even for a month, in a tin box.
Alice's comment - PersonalCooker
Not bad as a gluttony! Tuscan Lenten biscuits are crunchy, sugary and irresistible: have fun with the children composing Easter words and dedications: it will be real fun.Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe
Quaresimali Toscani biscuits are foods that belong to the group of dry pastry desserts.
Calories come mainly from carbohydrates, followed by proteins and finally lipids.
The peptides are of high biological value, complex carbohydrates and monounsaturated fatty acids.
Cholesterol is absent and fibers are abundant.
That of Tuscan Quaresimali Biscuits is a recipe that lends itself to most diets. In case of overweight, type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertriglyceridemia it is advisable to reduce the portion and the frequency of consumption.
They contain gluten and do not lend themselves to the diet for celiac disease.
They do not contain lactose and lend themselves to the nutritional regime against relative intolerance.
They are allowed by the vegetarian philosophy but not by the vegan one.
The average serving is around 30-40g (85-110g).
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