Puppets cradle eggs

 U pupu cu l'uovo, (puppet with egg) It is a typical Easter cake, traditional Sicilian, which is prepared for Easter and which, in every part of the island, can take different forms and names.

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: 

Technical data sheet of the traditional agri-food product (PAT)

Territory concerned with production: Nicosia.

Brief description of the product: Loaves or sweet pastries of different proportions, with shapes of dolls, puppets, etc. within which forms there are hard-boiled eggs.

Description of the processing and maturing methods: The dough is worked (flour, sugar, lard), cut into pieces and given the particular shape. The hard-boiled eggs are inserted and baked.

Specific materials and equipment used for preparation and conditioning: Maida (working table), pastry board.

Description of the processing, storage and maturing rooms: Rooms usually used as a kitchen.

Elements that prove that the methodologies have been practiced in a homogeneous and second way traditional rules for a period of not less than 25 years: "Sicilian Ethnographic Exhibition" by Giuseppe Pitrè printed in 1968.

Source Pat Cards: Sicily Region 

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