''Nocciolini di Canzo'' (; lmo, nisciolitt da Canz, ) are sweet crumbly small cookies from the '' comune'' (municipality) of

Canzo Canzo (; lmo, Canz , locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of the Italian province of Como. It is the last town north of the historical Brianza region of Lombardy, capital of the Lake Como Triangle community and a regional tourism destin ...

, in northern Italy. They are recognized as a ''

prodotto agroalimentare tradizionale ''Prodotto agroalimentare tradizionale'' (PAT) is an official approval for traditional Italian regional food products similar to the Protected Geographical Status of the European Union. A list of approved products is published by the Ministry of ...

'' (PAT) of

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

by the Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies.See

Gazzetta Ufficiale The ''Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana'' (Italian, ) is the official journal of record of the Italian government. It is published by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome. Function The ''Gazzetta Ufficiale'' promulgate ...

n. 168, July 22, 2015.
On the site of the Ministry
(p. 46; entered on July 31, 2015).

Context and preparation

is a ''comune'' in the mountainous

region, which draws tourists with its mountains, lake,

fair A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. Fairs are typically temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks. Types Variations of fairs incl ...

s, history, and also for festivities related to Saint Mir, a native of this town. All the surroundings of

have a mainly deciduous vegetation, and

hazel The hazel (''Corylus'') is a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae,Germplasmgobills Information Network''Corylus''Rushforth, K. (1999). ...

is the most common species of tree. In order to satisfy tourists’ demands, the confectioners of Canzo created ''nocciolini di Canzo'', made from hazelnut flour (local

hazelnut The hazelnut is the fruit of the hazel tree and therefore includes any of the nuts deriving from species of the genus ''Corylus'', especially the nuts of the species ''Corylus avellana''. They are also known as cobnuts or filberts according t ...

s and

sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double ...

) and

egg white Egg white is the clear liquid (also called the albumen or the glair/glaire) contained within an egg. In chickens it is formed from the layers of secretions of the anterior section of the hen's oviduct during the passage of the egg. It forms arou ...

. The appearance of this sweet is a small half-sphere. They are usually eaten as a snack but, due to their small size, they can also be used as cake decoration.

References

{{Lombard cuisine Cuisine of Lombardy Italian cookies

Context and preparation

See also

References