Krumiri are a kind of

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which is regarded as the particular delicacy of

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, the city in north-west Italy where they were invented in 1878 by the confectioner Domenico Rossi. They are made without water from wheat flour,

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, butter, eggs and vanilla, in the form of a slightly bent, rough-surfaced cylinder. This handlebar shape is said to have been chosen in honour of the extravagantly moustachioed Victor Emanuel II, the first king of united Italy.''Krumiri''
, Sito Ufficiale della Regione Piemonte – Agricoltura e Qualità. They may be eaten with—or dunked in—tea, liqueurs, wine,

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, etc.How to enjoy them
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Recognition

Krumiri were awarded a bronze medal at the 1884

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held in Turin and the following year the manufacturers received a

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to supply the Duke of Aosta. Warrants from the Duke of Genoa and from King Umberto I followed in 1886 and 1891.History
, krumirirossi.it. Today krumiri are among the Piedmontese specialities included in the Region’s official list of ''

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References

{{reflist Biscuits Cuisine of Piedmont Casale Monferrato