Dukes of Tibbi
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
Technical data sheet of the traditional agri-food product (PAT)
Area of production: Municipality of Realmonte (AG).
Brief description of the product: Sweet consisting of a layer of dough on which abundant tibbi is superimposed, that is, peeled, toasted and ground almonds mixed with sugar.
Description of the processing and maturing methods: Place the soft wheat flour (preferably Maiorca) in a heap, add sugar, ammonia, eggs, lard and milk, mix and leave to rest as soon as it is ready.
In the meantime, prepare the tibbi with almonds, sugar, dry marsala and cinnamon.
Roll out a layer of dough with which to cover the pan, fill the entire pan with stuffing and cover with another layer of flattened pasta.
Bake in the oven at 200 ° C and serve in pieces.
Specific materials and equipment used for preparation and conditioning: No specific equipment.
Description of the processing, storage and maturing rooms: Suitable domestic environments.
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: Oral transmission of the gastronomic traditions of the territory and of the relative methods of preparation of the dish, for about four generations, witnessed by elderly Realmontese housewives.
Source Pat Cards: Sicily Region
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
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Information contributions: Web, Region of Sicily
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