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were to travel to grosseto and area, you would find that vecchiarelle were eaten on christmas eve – these would be boiled chestnuts, which are loaded with calories to add substance to the traditional menu with no meat. and in the area of porto s. stefano, they bake a bread-like dessert filled with dried
figs, raisins, pine nuts, walnuts and almonds called the pagnottella di natale. just the use of the nuts made it a luxury. in monte amiata, you will find la ricciolina, a pie like dessert filled with chocolate, nuts of all kinds, topped with meringue and more chocolate. photo credit © ricciolina tuscan...
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