(also ''frutta di Martorana'' or, in
Sicilian, ) are traditional
marzipan sweets, in the form of fruits and vegetables, from the provinces of
Palermo and
Messina,
Sicily
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Realistically coloured with vegetable dyes, they are said to have originated at the
Monastero della Martorana, Palermo, when nuns decorated empty fruit trees with marzipan fruit to impress an archbishop visiting at
Easter
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. They are traditionally put by children's bedsides on
All Souls' Day
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See also
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List of Sicilian dishes
This is a list of Sicilian dishes and foods. Sicilian cuisine shows traces of all the cultures which established themselves on the island of Sicily over the last two millennia. Although its cuisine has much in common with Italian cuisine, Sicilia ...
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References
External links
Martorana fruit{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050227233539/http://regnodelsole.it/english/prod_martorana.htm , date=2005-02-27 Commercial page with image
Italian confectionery
Cuisine of Sicily
Marzipan