Martorana Fruit Angelo Inglima 250 g

Martorana fruit is composed of delicious handmade and hand-decorated real pastry creations. A typical speciality of Sicilian tradition. In the Sicilian confectionery tradition, Martorana fruit was prepared for the commemoration of the dead. Today, Martorana fruit is a typical Sicilian speciality to be enjoyed all year round. The Martorana fruit from the Angelo Inglima pastry shop is made from a mixture of strictly selected almond paste and the thunder variety on which colouring is then done by hand. Martorana fruit is a typical Sicilian pastry. These are real reproductions of fruits made from Sicilian almond paste and coloured by hand. The martorana fruit is a food product listed as a traditional Italian food product by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies and is recognised as a traditional Sicilian food product. In the Sicilian confectionery tradition, martorana fruit was prepared for the commemoration of the dead. The origin of the preparation of martonana fruit is very old, and its name is due to the Martorana Monastery located in the centre of Palermo. Legend has it that the nuns of the monastery first prepared Martorana fruit to decorate bare trees during a mid-winter visit by King Charles V in 1537. This is one of the many legends that characterise the history of the martorana fruit.