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Schiacciata alla fiorentina
Taste Of The City Category: Taste of the City
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Typical Florentine Lenten Cake.
Going against anything you might think, Schiacciata alla Fiorentine (Florentine Schiacciata) is a dessert which originated in Chianti. Once these flat cakes were made similar to Colomba or Panettone and flavored with syrup, orange or mint to be sold during the Easter period; but today the cakes are prepared during the period of Carnevale and instead of the lard, once an important ingredient for the cake, now olive oil is used in its place. Some speculate that the name “Schiacciata” comes from the number of eggs crushed or flattened to make this cake.This post is also available in: Italian French Spanish German Portuguese (Portugal) Russian
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The best dessert
I tried it in Florence during the last Carnival. I got it with Chantilly cream. It was amazing.
In my opinion it’s one of the best italian dessert.
I went also in this bakery that is 20 minutes by bus from the city centre. Very good!