Parrozzo, also called panrozzo, is a round cake from the Abruzzo region of Italy, traditionally served as a Christmas dessert though eaten through the year. It was invented in 1920 by Luigi D'Amico, who ran a bakery in Pescara and wanted a cake that echoed the rough rustic corn bread once baked by local farmers. The cake copies the round loaf shape, uses eggs to give the crumb a corn-yellow colour, and is coated in dark chocolate to recall the scorched crust of the old bread. The batter combines semolina, or alternatively flour with corn starch, with sugar, eggs, ground almonds, almond extract and orange or lemon zest, and it is baked in a round aluminium tin before the cooled cake is covered in melted chocolate. The poet Gabriele D'Annunzio is said to have been the first to taste it and wrote a madrigal about it in Abruzzese dialect. Parrozzo is officially listed as a traditional agri-food product of Abruzzo.
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a bakery owner in Pescara
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It is traditionally served as a Christmas dessert
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contains eggs to mimic the yellow of the corn
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Parrozzo was invented in 1920 by Luigi D'Amico
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a bakery owner in Pescara
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is a cake from the Abruzzo region of Italy.
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is a cake from the Abruzzo region of Italy.
Uses Ingredient: Semolina, Ingredients and preparation
made of semolina (alternatively yellow or white flour with corn starch), sugar, eggs, ground almonds, almond extract, and orange or lemon zest
Uses Ingredient: Sugar, Ingredients and preparation
made of semolina (alternatively yellow or white flour with corn starch), sugar, eggs, ground almonds, almond extract, and orange or lemon zest
Uses Ingredient: Egg, Ingredients and preparation
made of semolina (alternatively yellow or white flour with corn starch), sugar, eggs, ground almonds, almond extract, and orange or lemon zest
Uses Ingredient: Almond, Ingredients and preparation
made of semolina (alternatively yellow or white flour with corn starch), sugar, eggs, ground almonds, almond extract, and orange or lemon zest
Uses Ingredient: Orange, Ingredients and preparation
made of semolina (alternatively yellow or white flour with corn starch), sugar, eggs, ground almonds, almond extract, and orange or lemon zest
Uses Ingredient: Lemon, Ingredients and preparation
made of semolina (alternatively yellow or white flour with corn starch), sugar, eggs, ground almonds, almond extract, and orange or lemon zest
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