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Amaretti di Saronno Cookies Red Gift Tin by Lazzaroni | 
 enlarge | Brand: Lazzaroni
Category: Gourmet
Buy New: $34.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 319
Media: Misc.
ASIN: B000F92YMI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
According to the Amaretti di Saronno legend, almost three centuries ago, the Cardinal of Milan unexpectedly visited the town of Saronno in Italy. To honor him, two young lovers, Giuseppe and Osolina, quickly baked up a mixture of sugar, apricot kernels and egg whites, creating crisp, airy cookies with an unusual bittersweet flavor which they wrapped in pairs to symbolize their love. The Cardinal was delighted and blessed the young couple, who married and lived happily ever after. Since 1718 this ancient and secret recipe has been preserved by the Lazzaroni family. Unwrap a legend and begin your own happy ending. Enjoy these delicious cookies with coffee, fine wine and after dinner liqueurs. Each tin contains approximately 35 pairs (each cookie is paired with another and then wrapped in colorful paper) of Amaretti di Saronno cookies (1 pound net wt.).
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An Italian Treat August 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My mother-in-law used to bring these home from her trips to visit her family in Italy. For me it was love at first bite. I am so glad to find them here to order for her now that she is too old to travel to Italy to get her own.
Crunchy delights November 19, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
My first encounter with these darling little treats was while watching Everyday Italian on the Food Network starring Giada De Laurentiis, my favorite chef of the past few years. She crumbled them into deserts, coffees, made pumpkin ravioli with it, baked amaretti apples and always praised their magical taste. Upon finally purchasing a box myself I was blown away by the hypnotic and addictive taste of marzipan in these little gems.
Amaretti Cookies are packed as a pair, wrapped in wax paper with Italian writing and insignias, praising its originality. They are two small crackling cookies per wrapper and they are a crunchy shell of delight. The taste is strangely addictive, after having a few I couldn't stop thinking about them! I have even purchased three more boxes two days after getting the first one. They taste like the holidays, spicy and lusciously laden with almonds and crispy sugary goodness with a tiny tang of bitterness of the almond. They flavor is royal and time stopping, on busy days, one bite of this cookie and I am transfixed into magical fields of luxurious old world taste that has been popular to Italians for years.
Incredibly aromatic crispy almond cookies that are a luscious addiction to coffee, tea or wine and are great for cooking and baking with. They really grew on me, I think I am an addict to their taste now, no wonder Giada is so smitten with them!
- Kasia S.
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