"S" biscuits
Product included in the national list of traditional agri-food products (PAT)
Typology PAT : Fresh pasta and products from the bakery, biscuits, pastry and confectionery
Production area: Municipality of Gratteri (PA), Area Iblea.
Technical data sheet of the traditional agri-food product (PAT)
Area of production: Municipality of Gratteri (PA), Iblea area.
Brief description of the product: S-shaped biscuit, brown in color, flavored with fennel seeds.
Description of the processing and maturing methods: Flour type 00, lard, mother yeast (growing), sugar and fennel seeds.
Specific materials and equipment used for preparation and conditioning: No specific equipment.
Description of the processing, storage and maturing rooms: It is mostly produced in a bakery and is eaten fresh within a few days of production.
Elements proving that the methodologies have been practiced in a homogeneous way and according to traditional rules for a period of not less than 25 years: It is produced by local bakeries with a recipe handed down from father to son since the early 900s.
Source Pat Cards: Sicily Region
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Information contributions: Web, Region of Sicily
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