Frutta martorana is a Sicilian marzipan sweet shaped and colored to resemble fruits and vegetables, associated with the provinces of Palermo and Trapani. It is said to have originated at the Benedictine nunnery of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio in Palermo, known as La Martorana, when nuns decorated bare fruit trees with marzipan fruit to impress a visiting archbishop out of season. It is traditionally left by children's bedsides on All Souls' Day. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Frutta martorana (also called frutta di Martorana or, in Sicilian, frutta marturana) is a Sicilian marzipan sweet in the form of fruits and vegetables from the provinces of Palermo and Trapani.
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Frutta martorana (also called frutta di Martorana or, in Sicilian, frutta marturana) is a Sicilian marzipan sweet in the form of fruits and vegetables from the provinces of Palermo and Trapani.
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