What is Cavallucci?
Cavallucci is a species of Italian cookie traditionally associated with donor giving and Christmas holidays. It is made from honey and sugar syrup and is filled with nuts and candied fruit, with a significant flavor of anise. The name "Cavallucci" means "Little Horses" and early versions of cookies often represented a stamped image of a horse at the top. Cavallucci does not contain shortening or eggs, so they can be stored for a relatively long time.
The original name for this cookie was Berrigucol . Under this name, they have been recorded as part of the feast celebrations since the beginning of the 15th century. The name "Cavallucci" was given to them when they became popular drivers of horse carts who ate them in the inn along the roads they traveled. After saving the biscuits become hard. Servants and other working class people would eat cookies as a meal soaked with wine.
Files are sometimes called Callulucci de Siena, after the city of Siena, where it is assumed that they were created. It is an old Tuscan tradition to eat not only one, aLe two pieces of Cavallucci and one piece Panetone , sweet yeast bread, at Christmas. Although modern cavallucci is rarely stored until extreme hardness, they are still often served with different wines.
ingredients in recipes vary, but the anise seed is always used to provide biscuits their unique and distinctive taste. In some versions, Anise is the only spice used; In others, it is combined with cinnamon or a mixture of cinnamon, coriander and nutmeg. Cookies are when they are excluded from the oven, but soften the next day until they have a chewing gum outside with a finer interior.
Many recipes require the addition of honey, especially Acacia honey produced in Tuscany. The honey is mixed with sugar and water and boiled to create. Recipes excluding sweetness of honey from the use of sugar syrup. Usually only a small amount of honey, about 2 tablespoons(30 ml), just enough to provide a hint of caramel taste.
other common cavallucci additives are fruit and nuts. The fruit can be candied orange, lemon or lemon or a combination of it. Nuts are often used, but almonds can be replaced in the recipe. Italian recipes usually require an ingredient called ammonium bicarbonate, which is also called baking ammonia. Baking soda or baking powder can be successfully replaced by an ammonia for baking.