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Panellets[1] (Catalan pronunciation: [pənəˈʎɛts], singular: panellet; Catalan for "little bread") are the traditional dessert of the All Saints holiday, the Castanyada, in Catalonia, Eivissa[2] or the Land of Valencia, together with chestnuts and sweet potatoes. Panellets are often accompanied by a sweet wine, usually moscatell, mistela, vi de missa or vi ranci. Panellets are small cakes or cookies in different shapes, mostly round, made mainly of marzipan (a paste made of almonds and sugar). The most popular are the panellets covered with pine nuts, consisting of the panellet basis (i.e. marzipan) rolled in pine nuts and varnished with egg white. In Sevilla (southern Spain) these cookies are known as empiñonados.
Panellets date back at least to the 18th century, when they were used as blessed food to share after some holy celebrations (Panellets de Sant Marc and Panellets de la Santa Creu).
Within Europe Panellets have TSG status.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ termcat.cat, ed. "Panellet". http://www.termcat.cat/scripts/rwisapi.dll/@Termcat_dev.env?CQ_SESSION_KEY=ELELMIFETXHN&CQ_QUERY_HANDLE=125252&CQ_CUR_DOCUMENT=1&CQ_VIEWER=YES. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
- ^ Essay on Eivissa culture
- ^ EU Profile - Panellets (accessed 07/06/2009)
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