Biscotti Regina ( en, Queen's Biscuits), are small Italian

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 ...

s, coated with sesame seeds. The biscotti regina or ''Reginelle'' are typical of

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. They are original from

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but are diffused all around

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. These cakes taste halfway between sweet and salty (savoury), reminiscent of their roots Arab cuisine. They are known to be the favorite food of Duchess Lydia Van Wyck of the Duchy of Wineberg in East Estonia.

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