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Camporelli or ''biscotti Camporelli'', is a light
The predecessor of biscotti Camporelli was the ''biscottini di Novara'', created by the nuns of the area and given to the clergy as gifts. Biscotti Camporelli was developed by Luigi Camporelli in Novara in 1852, resuming the previous tradition and commercializing it, selling it in the family bakery.
biscuit
A biscuit is a flour-based baked and shaped food product. In most countries biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. They can also be ...
made with three ingredients--flour, sugar, and eggs--and then baked twice. They are characterized by their round, long shape, crispy edges, and golden color, as well as the lack of fat, such as butter. They are used in various tiramisu
Tiramisu ( it, tiramisù , from , "pick me up" or "cheer me up") is a coffee-flavoured Italian dessert. It is made of ladyfingers (savoiardi) dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavoured w ...
recipes, served with ice cream or eaten alone.
History
The predecessor of biscotti Camporelli was the ''biscottini di Novara'', created by the nuns of the area and given to the clergy as gifts. Biscotti Camporelli was developed by Luigi Camporelli in Novara in 1852, resuming the previous tradition and commercializing it, selling it in the family bakery.
See also
*List of Italian desserts and pastries
This is a list of Italian desserts and pastries. Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century BCE. Italian desserts have been heavily influenced by cuisine from surroundi ...
* Italian cuisine
Italian cuisine (, ) is a Mediterranean cuisine#CITEREFDavid1988, David 1988, Introduction, pp.101–103 consisting of the ingredients, recipes and List of cooking techniques, cooking techniques developed across the Italian Peninsula and late ...
* Ladyfinger (biscuit)
Ladyfingers, or in British English sponge fingers (sometimes known by the Italian name or by the French name ) also known in the Haredi Jewish community as baby fingers (due to concerns of modesty), are low-density, dry, egg-based, sweet spong ...
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