| Type | Pastry |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Italy |
| Region or state | Sicily |
| Main ingredients | Almonds,ricotta ormascarpone[1] |
Ciarduna is a type ofItalianpastry.
Ciarduna siciliana is a sweet pastry from theprovince of Agrigento, in Sicily. It consists of analmondcookie shell filled with aricotta filling.[2]
Traditional ingredients are flour, sugar, strutto, vanilla, active yeast, ammonia baking powder (ammonium bicarbonate), homogenized milk, crushed almonds, cinnamon, and icing sugar (when decorating the tops of theciarduna's).
