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Panellets (, singular: ''panellet'';
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for "little bread") are the traditional
dessert Dessert is a course (food), course that concludes a meal. The course consists of sweet foods, such as confections, and possibly a beverage such as dessert wine and liqueur. In some parts of the world, such as much of Greece and West Africa, and ...
of the All Saints' Day, known as Castanyada, in Catalonia, Andorra,
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and the
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, with
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s and
sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the Convolvulus, bindweed or morning glory family (biology), family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a r ...
es. Panellets are often accompanied with 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 Marzipan is a confectionery, confection consisting primarily of sugar, honey, and almond meal (ground almonds), sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract. It is often made into Confectionery, sweets; common uses are chocolate-covered marzi ...
(a paste made of almonds and sugar). The most popular are the panellets covered with pine nuts, consisting of the panellet basis (marzipan) rolled in pine nuts and varnished with egg. In Sevilla, in southern Spain, these cookies are known as ''empiƱonados''. Panellets date at least from the 18th century, when they were used as blessed food to share after some religious celebrations (Panellets de Sant Marc and Panellets de la Santa Creu)." Within the EU and UK, panellets have Traditional Speciality Guaranteed status.Official Journal of the European Union
(accessed 01/07/2015)


See also

* Pignoli (cookie)


References

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